diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 5670d607..a7a40c1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
       - name: install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
index 955a5a62..1859cb62 100644
--- a/.yamllint
+++ b/.yamllint
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 extends: default
+ignore: |
+  ui/react-app/node_modules
 
 rules:
   braces:
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 483b3bf9..0acfb9d8 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ endif
 GOTEST := $(GO) test
 GOTEST_DIR :=
 ifneq ($(CIRCLE_JOB),)
-ifneq ($(shell command -v gotestsum > /dev/null),)
+ifneq ($(shell command -v gotestsum 2> /dev/null),)
 	GOTEST_DIR := test-results
 	GOTEST := gotestsum --junitfile $(GOTEST_DIR)/unit-tests.xml --
 endif
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ endif
 .PHONY: common-yamllint
 common-yamllint:
 	@echo ">> running yamllint on all YAML files in the repository"
-ifeq (, $(shell command -v yamllint > /dev/null))
+ifeq (, $(shell command -v yamllint 2> /dev/null))
 	@echo "yamllint not installed so skipping"
 else
 	yamllint .