diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index a74a2490..946e7fc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 name: CI
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on: [
+  push,
+  pull_request
+]
+
+env:
+  GO_VERSION: "1.21"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   typos-check:
@@ -11,8 +20,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Check spelling with custom config file
         uses: crate-ci/typos@v1.14.8
-  linter:
-    name: linter
+
+  lint:
+    name: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
@@ -21,17 +31,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.4"
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3.3.0
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.50.0
-          args: --timeout 10m0s
+          version: v1.54
+          # '-v' flag is required to show the output of golangci-lint.
+          args: -v
+
   unit-test:
     name: coverage-test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ linter ]
+    needs: [ lint ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -39,11 +51,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.4"
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Unit test
         run: |
           make coverage
+
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
         with:
@@ -52,10 +65,10 @@ jobs:
           files: ./coverage.xml
           name: codecov-gtctl
           verbose: true
-  e2e-test:
-    name: e2e-test
+  e2e:
+    name: e2e
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ linter ]
+    needs: [ lint ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -63,8 +76,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.4"
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: e2e test of basic cluster
+      - name: Run e2e
         run: |
           make e2e
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index afe585c3..29e1cde8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [created]
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+env:
+  GO_VERSION: "1.21"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.4"
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Build project
         run: |
@@ -76,8 +80,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
 
       - name: Publish release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
           name: "Release ${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          files: |
+          prerelease: false
+          make_release: true
+          generateReleaseNotes: true
+          allowUpdates: true
+          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          artifacts: |
             **/gtctl-*