diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4c28c1a3..2977ce65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         node: ["18"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install Rust stable
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         rust: [stable]
         node: ["16", "18", "20"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.rust }}
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cluster-name: "fluvio"
       - name: Install Fluvio Local Cluster
-        uses: infinyon/fluvio@master
+        uses: infinyon/fluvio@a4e8144d3d1d9c6faad4b9cfdcb8c8111ef248d3 # use until #4651 gets merged 
         with:
           cluster-type: local
           version: "stable"
+          fvm_version: "dev"
       - name: Check Fluvio Installation
         run: |
           fluvio version
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Topic
         run: |
           fluvio topic create -p 1 -r 1 my-topic
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.rust }}
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
         rust: [stable]
         node: ["16", "18"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.rust }}
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -150,6 +151,23 @@ jobs:
     name: Done
     needs: [check_fmt, check_security, smoke_test, macos_ci]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: always()
     steps:
-      - name: Done
-        run: echo Done
+      - name: Dump needs context
+        env:
+          CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(needs) }}
+        run: |
+          echo -e "\033[33;1;4mDump context\033[0m"
+          echo -e "$CONTEXT\n"
+      - name: Report failure on cancellation
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') || cancelled() }}
+        run: exit 1
+      - name: Failing test and build
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+        run: exit 1
+      - name: Don't allow skipped
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'skipped')  && github.event_name == 'merge_group' }}
+        run: exit 1
+      - name: Successful test and build
+        if: ${{ !(contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')) }}
+        run: exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloud.yml b/.github/workflows/cloud.yml
index 9a20c2f4..fae00183 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloud.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         rust: [stable]
         node: ["18", "20"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.rust }}
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index a55e26d9..06772d5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         node: ["18.13"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, you will failed to push refs to dest repo
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/latest-dev-fluvio.yaml b/.github/workflows/latest-dev-fluvio.yaml
index bbc8285a..e1e69b14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/latest-dev-fluvio.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/latest-dev-fluvio.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         rust: [stable]
         node: ["18", "20"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.rust }}
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index fd3adedd..4fd7ee55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
             target/
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install Stable Rust
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [macos-latest] # macos needed for lipo command
     needs: [build_and_upload_artifacts]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./dist/