diff --git a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
index 2c25e959..dbf699e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: "coding standards"
 
-on: ["pull_request", "push"]
+on:
+    pull_request: ~
+    push: ~
+    schedule:
+        # Do not make it the first of the month and/or midnight since it is a very busy time
+        - cron: "* 10 5 * *"
 
 jobs:
     coding-standards:
@@ -8,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
         steps:
             - name: "checkout"
-              uses: "actions/checkout@v2"
+              uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
 
             - name: "build the environment"
               run: "dev/bin/docker-compose build"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml
index 99aa0f09..cf73b695 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: "static analysis"
 
-on: ["pull_request", "push"]
+on:
+    pull_request: ~
+    push: ~
+    schedule:
+        # Do not make it the first of the month and/or midnight since it is a very busy time
+        - cron: "* 10 5 * *"
 
 jobs:
     static-analysis:
@@ -8,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
         steps:
             - name: "checkout"
-              uses: "actions/checkout@v2"
+              uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
 
             - name: "build the environment"
               run: "dev/bin/docker-compose build"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 9f32a125..e21d40a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: "unit tests"
 
-on: [ "pull_request", "push" ]
+on:
+    pull_request: ~
+    push: ~
+    schedule:
+        # Do not make it the first of the month and/or midnight since it is a very busy time
+        - cron: "* 10 5 * *"
 
 jobs:
     tests:
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
         steps:
             - name: "checkout"
-              uses: "actions/checkout@v2"
+              uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
 
             - name: "build the PHP8 environment"
               run: "dev/bin/docker-compose build --build-arg PHP_VERSION=${{ matrix.php }} --build-arg XDEBUG_VERSION='3.2.0' php"
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index acb20aca..19c7eb4d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@
         "psr-4": { "League\\Bundle\\OAuth2ServerBundle\\Tests\\": "tests/" }
     },
     "config": {
-        "sort-packages": true,
-        "allow-plugins": {
-            "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": true
-        }
+        "sort-packages": true
     },
     "extra": {
         "branch-alias": {
diff --git a/dev/docker/Dockerfile b/dev/docker/Dockerfile
index d9db2b6e..88b3fe23 100644
--- a/dev/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG PHP_VERSION=7.4
+ARG PHP_VERSION=8.1
 
 FROM php:${PHP_VERSION}-cli-alpine
 LABEL maintainer="Petar Obradović <petar.obradovic@trikoder.net>"