diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index b5e2e6b51..c47e71fdd 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ linters:
     - gci # imports still has gci lint errors after run `gci write --skip-generated -s standard -s default -s "prefix(github.com/openclarity/vmclarity)"`
     - depguard # NOTE(chrisgacsal): need discussion before enabling it
     - tagalign # NOTE(chrisgacsal): does not seem to provide much value
+    - protogetter # FIXME(chrisgacsal): needs code changes to enable
+    - inamedparam # FIXME(chrisgacsal): needs code changes to enable
 
 issues:
   # Excluding configuration per-path, per-linter, per-text and per-source
diff --git a/api/models/containerimageinfo.go b/api/models/containerimageinfo.go
index a0d2dc89b..05649f4cf 100644
--- a/api/models/containerimageinfo.go
+++ b/api/models/containerimageinfo.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package models
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ const nilString = "nil"
 func (c ContainerImageInfo) String() string {
 	size := nilString
 	if c.Size != nil {
-		size = fmt.Sprintf("%d", *c.Size)
+		size = strconv.Itoa(*c.Size)
 	}
 
 	labels := nilString
diff --git a/makefile.d/20-tools.mk b/makefile.d/20-tools.mk
index a57e7223e..b6957c8ae 100644
--- a/makefile.d/20-tools.mk
+++ b/makefile.d/20-tools.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bin/actionlint-$(ACTIONLINT_VERSION): | $(BIN_DIR)
 ####
 
 AZURECLI_BIN := $(BIN_DIR)/az
-AZURECLI_VERSION := 2.53.0
+AZURECLI_VERSION := 2.55.0
 AZURECLI_VENV := $(AZURECLI_BIN)-$(AZURECLI_VERSION)
 
 bin/az: $(AZURECLI_VENV)/bin/az
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ $(AZURECLI_VENV)/bin/az: | $(BIN_DIR)
 ####
 
 BICEP_BIN := $(BIN_DIR)/bicep
-BICEP_VERSION := 0.22.6
+BICEP_VERSION := 0.23.1
 BICEP_OSTYPE := $(OSTYPE)
 BICEP_ARCH := $(ARCHTYPE)
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ bin/bicep-$(BICEP_VERSION): | $(BIN_DIR)
 ####
 
 CFNLINT_BIN := $(BIN_DIR)/cfn-lint
-CFNLINT_VERSION := 0.82.2
+CFNLINT_VERSION := 0.83.4
 CFNLINT_VENV := $(CFNLINT_BIN)-$(CFNLINT_VERSION)
 
 bin/cfn-lint: $(CFNLINT_VENV)/bin/cfn-lint
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ $(CFNLINT_VENV)/bin/cfn-lint: | $(BIN_DIR)
 
 GOLANGCI_BIN := $(BIN_DIR)/golangci-lint
 GOLANGCI_CONFIG := $(ROOT_DIR)/.golangci.yml
-GOLANGCI_VERSION := 1.54.2
+GOLANGCI_VERSION := 1.55.2
 
 bin/golangci-lint: bin/golangci-lint-$(GOLANGCI_VERSION)
 	@ln -sf golangci-lint-$(GOLANGCI_VERSION) bin/golangci-lint
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bin/golangci-lint-$(GOLANGCI_VERSION): | $(BIN_DIR)
 ####
 
 YQ_BIN := $(BIN_DIR)/yq
-YQ_VERSION := 4.35.2
+YQ_VERSION := 4.40.4
 
 bin/yq: bin/yq-$(YQ_VERSION)
 	@ln -sf $(notdir $<) $@
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ bin/yq-$(YQ_VERSION): | $(BIN_DIR)
 ####
 
 HELM_BIN := $(BIN_DIR)/helm
-HELM_VERSION := 3.13.1
+HELM_VERSION := 3.13.2
 
 bin/helm: bin/helm-$(HELM_VERSION)
 	@ln -sf $(notdir $<) $@
diff --git a/pkg/shared/families/malware/yara/util/util_test.go b/pkg/shared/families/malware/yara/util/util_test.go
index f618ebbac..22a49eb64 100644
--- a/pkg/shared/families/malware/yara/util/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/shared/families/malware/yara/util/util_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
 	"github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/pkg/shared/families/malware/common"
 )
@@ -236,9 +236,11 @@ func TestParseYaraScanOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			g := NewGomegaWithT(t)
+
 			got, err := ParseYaraScanOutput(tt.args.line)
 			if err != nil {
-				assert.EqualErrorf(t, err, tt.expectedErr.Error(), "Error should be: %v, got: %v", tt.expectedErr, err)
+				g.Expect(err.Error()).Should(BeEquivalentTo(tt.expectedErr.Error()))
 				return
 			}
 			if err == nil && tt.expectedErr != nil {
@@ -288,7 +290,10 @@ func TestIsErrorThresholdReached(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equalf(t, tt.want, IsErrorThresholdReached(tt.args.errorCount, tt.args.allCount), "IsErrorThresholdReached(%v, %v)", tt.args.errorCount, tt.args.allCount)
+			g := NewGomegaWithT(t)
+
+			actual := IsErrorThresholdReached(tt.args.errorCount, tt.args.allCount)
+			g.Expect(actual).Should(BeEquivalentTo(tt.want))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/uibackend/rest/dashboard_riskiest_assets_test.go b/pkg/uibackend/rest/dashboard_riskiest_assets_test.go
index 2bb06ce05..9a36386fa 100644
--- a/pkg/uibackend/rest/dashboard_riskiest_assets_test.go
+++ b/pkg/uibackend/rest/dashboard_riskiest_assets_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package rest
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -491,6 +492,8 @@ func Test_toAPIRiskyAssets(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+const SummaryQueryTemplate = "summary/%s/%s desc"
+
 func Test_getOrderByOdataForVulnerabilities(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
@@ -498,16 +501,14 @@ func Test_getOrderByOdataForVulnerabilities(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "sanity",
-			want: fmt.Sprintf("summary/%s/%s desc,"+
-				"summary/%s/%s desc,"+
-				"summary/%s/%s desc,"+
-				"summary/%s/%s desc,"+
-				"summary/%s/%s desc",
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalCriticalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName,
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalHighVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName,
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalMediumVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName,
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalLowVulnerabilitiesFieldName,
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalNegligibleVulnerabilitiesFieldName),
+			want: strings.Join(
+				[]string{
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalCriticalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName),
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalHighVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName),
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalMediumVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName),
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalLowVulnerabilitiesFieldName),
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalNegligibleVulnerabilitiesFieldName),
+				}, ","),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -533,16 +534,14 @@ func Test_getOrderByOData(t *testing.T) {
 			args: args{
 				totalFindingField: totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName,
 			},
-			want: fmt.Sprintf("summary/%s/%s desc,"+
-				"summary/%s/%s desc,"+
-				"summary/%s/%s desc,"+
-				"summary/%s/%s desc,"+
-				"summary/%s/%s desc",
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalCriticalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName,
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalHighVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName,
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalMediumVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName,
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalLowVulnerabilitiesFieldName,
-				totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalNegligibleVulnerabilitiesFieldName),
+			want: strings.Join(
+				[]string{
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalCriticalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName),
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalHighVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName),
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalMediumVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName),
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalLowVulnerabilitiesFieldName),
+					fmt.Sprintf(SummaryQueryTemplate, totalVulnerabilitiesSummaryFieldName, totalNegligibleVulnerabilitiesFieldName),
+				}, ","),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "not vulnerabilities",