diff --git a/release-tools/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/release-tools/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index e74edcef5..9e1ca1033 100644
--- a/release-tools/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/release-tools/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Check for spelling errors
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
         with:
           check_filenames: true
diff --git a/release-tools/.github/workflows/trivy.yaml b/release-tools/.github/workflows/trivy.yaml
index 472984780..70c6a9d1f 100644
--- a/release-tools/.github/workflows/trivy.yaml
+++ b/release-tools/.github/workflows/trivy.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Get Go version
         id: go-version
diff --git a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
index 6e46cf290..f7bc70181 100644
--- a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ aliases:
   kubernetes-csi-reviewers:
   - andyzhangx
   - carlory
-  - chrishenzie
   - ggriffiths
   - gnufied
   - humblec
diff --git a/release-tools/prow.sh b/release-tools/prow.sh
index 71b47742c..b4e347304 100755
--- a/release-tools/prow.sh
+++ b/release-tools/prow.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_BUILD_PLATFORMS "linux amd64 amd64; linux ppc64le ppc64le -pp
 # which is disabled with GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor).
 configvar GOFLAGS_VENDOR "$( [ -d vendor ] && echo '-mod=vendor' )" "Go flags for using the vendor directory"
 
-configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.24.0" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
+configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.24.6" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_E2E "" "override Go version for building the Kubernetes E2E test suite" # normally doesn't need to be set, see install_e2e
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_SANITY "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building the csi-sanity test suite" # depends on CSI_PROW_SANITY settings below
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_KIND "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building 'kind'" # depends on CSI_PROW_KIND_VERSION below
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ kindest/node:v1.26.15@sha256:c79602a44b4056d7e48dc20f7504350f1e87530fe953428b792
 # If the deployment script is called with CSI_PROW_TEST_DRIVER=<file name> as
 # environment variable, then it must write a suitable test driver configuration
 # into that file in addition to installing the driver.
-configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_VERSION "v1.15.0" "CSI driver version"
+configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_VERSION "v1.17.0" "CSI driver version"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_REPO https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-driver-host-path "CSI driver repo"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DEPLOYMENT "" "deployment"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DEPLOYMENT_SUFFIX "" "additional suffix in kubernetes-x.yy[suffix].yaml files"