diff --git a/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yml b/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yml
index bddcaff..f99e7f4 100644
--- a/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yml
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ runs:
         echo "run_script=uv run --frozen" | Tee-Object -Append $env:GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Setup uv
-      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
       with:
         enable-cache: true
         cache-dependency-glob: "**/uv.lock"
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
 
     - name: Install Task
-      uses: go-task/setup-task@v1
+      uses: go-task/setup-task@v2
       with:
         # Passing a repo token reduces the likelihood of API rate limit exceeded
         repo-token: ${{ inputs.token }}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ runs:
         echo "PY=$hash" | Tee-Object -Append $env:GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Cache pre-commit environments
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v5
       with:
         path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
         key: pre-commit|${{ env.PY }}|${{ hashFiles(format('{0}/.pre-commit-config.yaml', inputs.working-directory)) }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 49da940..e80f55a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run SBOM generation
         run: task -v sbom
       - name: Upload SBOM artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: sbom-files
           path: |
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check license compliance
         run: task -v license-check
       - name: Upload license check results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: license-check-results
           path: license-check.json
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run vulnerability scan
         run: task -v vulnscan
       - name: Upload vulnerability scan results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: vuln-scan-results
           path: vulns.json
@@ -111,11 +111,14 @@ jobs:
       # out the repo on Windows. Instead, cookiecutter fetches the template
       # directly from the remote branch.
       - name: Setup uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.python_version }}
+          # No checkout in this job (NTFS-illegal chars in template dir), so disable cache
+          enable-cache: false
+          ignore-empty-workdir: true
       - name: Install Task
-        uses: go-task/setup-task@v1
+        uses: go-task/setup-task@v2
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Generate project from template
@@ -138,11 +141,13 @@ jobs:
           curl -fsSL "$scriptUrl" -o "$tmpdir/extract_template_zip.py"
           repoDir=$(python3 "$tmpdir/extract_template_zip.py" "$tmpdir/template.zip" "$tmpdir/src")
 
-          uvx --with gitpython cookiecutter "$repoDir" --no-input --output-dir "$RUNNER_TEMP"
+          uvx --with gitpython cookiecutter "$repoDir" --no-input \
+            project_name="ci-test-project" \
+            --output-dir "$RUNNER_TEMP"
       - name: Verify generated project
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          $project = Join-Path $env:RUNNER_TEMP "replace-me"
+          $project = Join-Path $env:RUNNER_TEMP "ci-test-project"
 
           # Verify the project directory was created
           if (-not (Test-Path $project)) {
@@ -219,25 +224,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: Initialize generated project
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cd "$RUNNER_TEMP/replace-me"
+          cd "$RUNNER_TEMP/ci-test-project"
           task -v init
       - name: Run unit tests
         shell: bash
         # Integration tests require Docker (Linux images) which is not
         # available on Windows runners; those are covered by the Linux CI job.
         run: |
-          cd "$RUNNER_TEMP/replace-me"
+          cd "$RUNNER_TEMP/ci-test-project"
           task -v unit-test
       - name: Build Docker image
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cd "$RUNNER_TEMP/replace-me"
+          cd "$RUNNER_TEMP/ci-test-project"
           task -v build
       - name: Verify Docker image
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          docker run --rm zenable-io/replace-me:latest --version
-          docker run --rm zenable-io/replace-me:latest --help
+          docker run --rm zenable-io/ci-test-project:latest --version
+          docker run --rm zenable-io/ci-test-project:latest --help
       - name: Verify zenable CLI
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 132d026..6b4f016 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ tasks:
       # This fixes an "ERROR: Multiple platforms feature is currently not supported for docker driver" pipeline error
       # Only create our multiplatform builder if it doesn't already exist; otherwise list information about the one that exists
       # It suppresses the inspect output when it's not running in a GitHub Action
-      - docker buildx inspect multiplatform {{if ne .GITHUB_ACTIONS "true"}}>/dev/null{{end}} || docker buildx create --name multiplatform --driver docker-container --use
+      - docker buildx inspect multiplatform {{if ne .GITHUB_ACTIONS "true"}}>/dev/null{{end}} 2>/dev/null || docker buildx create --name multiplatform --driver docker-container --use
 
   init:
     desc: Initialize the repo for local use; intended to be run after git clone
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ tasks:
           -w /src \
           anchore/syft:latest \
           /src \
+          --source-name={{.PROJECT_SLUG}} \
+          --source-version={{.VERSION}} \
           -o syft-json=sbom.syft.json \
           -o spdx-json=sbom.spdx.json \
           -o cyclonedx-json=sbom.cyclonedx.json
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 695297b..6521262 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ai-native-python"
+# Automatically updated by the release task via python-semantic-release (see Taskfile.yml and [tool.semantic_release] below)
 version = "0.4.1"
 description = "The AI-Native python paved road generator"
 authors = [
@@ -50,8 +51,12 @@ ignore = [
 plugins = []
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "--cov=ai_native_python --cov-append --no-cov-on-fail --cov-fail-under=0 --cov-report=html --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing"
+addopts = "--cov=ai_native_python --cov=hooks --cov-append --no-cov-on-fail --cov-fail-under=0 --cov-report=html --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing"
 pythonpath = ['.']
+filterwarnings = [
+    # Tests invoke hooks via cookiecutter subprocess, so coverage can't track them directly
+    "ignore:No data was collected:coverage.exceptions.CoverageWarning",
+]
 markers = [
     "unit: marks tests as unit tests (deselect with '-m \"not unit\"')",
     "integration: marks tests as integration tests (deselect with '-m \"not integration\"')",
diff --git a/scripts/scan_workflow_logs.sh b/scripts/scan_workflow_logs.sh
index fab9bb5..f83c846 100755
--- a/scripts/scan_workflow_logs.sh
+++ b/scripts/scan_workflow_logs.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ find . -type f -name "*.txt" | while IFS= read -r logfile; do
     # Sanitize content to prevent command injection and log poisoning
     sanitized_content=$(echo "$content" | tr -d '\n\r' | cut -c1-200)
 
+    # Skip JSON data lines (e.g. SBOM/license check output with package names like "deprecated")
+    if echo "$content" | grep -qE '"(id|name)":\s*"'; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
     # Determine the type of issue and output both annotation and count
     if echo "$content" | grep -qiE '\berror\b'; then
       echo "::error file=$job_name,line=$line_num::$sanitized_content"
diff --git "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yml" "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yml"
index e8494d7..d6eaa59 100644
--- "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yml"	
+++ "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yml"	
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ runs:
         echo "run_script=${run_script}" | tee -a "${GITHUB_ENV}"
 
     - name: Setup uv
-      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
       with:
         enable-cache: true
         cache-dependency-glob: "**/uv.lock"
         python-version: ${{ "{{ inputs.python-version }}" }}
 
     - name: Install Task
-      uses: go-task/setup-task@v1
+      uses: go-task/setup-task@v2
       with:
         # Passing a repo token reduces the likelihood of API rate limit exceeded
         repo-token: ${{ "{{ inputs.token }}" }}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ runs:
         echo "PY=$(python -VV | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)" | tee -a "${GITHUB_ENV}"
 
     - name: Cache pre-commit environments
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v5
       with:
         path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
         key: pre-commit|${{ "{{ env.PY }}" }}|${{ "{{ hashFiles(format('{0}/.pre-commit-config.yaml', inputs.working-directory)) }}" }}
diff --git "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/workflows/ci.yml" "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/workflows/ci.yml"
index f4d6e90..41590b2 100644
--- "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/workflows/ci.yml"	
+++ "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/workflows/ci.yml"	
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set env var for unique artifact uploads
         run: echo SANITIZED_PLATFORM="$(echo "${{ "{{ matrix.platform }}" }}" | sed 's/\//_/g')" | tee -a "${GITHUB_ENV}"
       - name: Upload SBOM artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: sbom-${{ "{{ env.SANITIZED_PLATFORM }}" }}
           path: |
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PLATFORM: ${{ "{{ matrix.platform }}" }}
       - name: Upload license check results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: license-check-${{ "{{ env.SANITIZED_PLATFORM }}" }}
           path: license-check.*.json
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PLATFORM: ${{ "{{ matrix.platform }}" }}
       - name: Upload vulnerability scan results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: vulns-${{ "{{ env.SANITIZED_PLATFORM }}" }}
           path: vulns.*.json
diff --git "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/workflows/commit.yml" "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/workflows/commit.yml"
index e37c78f..cc49f45 100644
--- "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/workflows/commit.yml"	
+++ "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/.github/workflows/commit.yml"	
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set env var for unique artifact uploads
         run: echo SANITIZED_PLATFORM="$(echo "${{ "{{ matrix.platform }}" }}" | sed 's/\//_/g')" | tee -a "${GITHUB_ENV}"
       - name: Upload SBOM artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: sbom-${{ "{{ env.SANITIZED_PLATFORM }}" }}
           path: |
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PLATFORM: ${{ "{{ matrix.platform }}" }}
       - name: Upload license check results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: license-check-${{ "{{ env.SANITIZED_PLATFORM }}" }}
           path: license-check.*.json
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PLATFORM: ${{ "{{ matrix.platform }}" }}
       - name: Upload vulnerability scan results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: vulns-${{ "{{ env.SANITIZED_PLATFORM }}" }}
           path: vulns.*.json
diff --git "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/Taskfile.yml" "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/Taskfile.yml"
index 4673cd6..2a9b823 100644
--- "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/Taskfile.yml"	
+++ "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/Taskfile.yml"	
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ tasks:
       # This fixes an "ERROR: Multiple platforms feature is currently not supported for docker driver" pipeline error
       # Only create our multiplatform builder if it doesn't already exist; otherwise list information about the one that exists
       # It suppresses the inspect output when it's not running in a GitHub Action
-      - docker buildx inspect multiplatform {{ '{{if ne .GITHUB_ACTIONS "true"}}' }}>/dev/null{{ '{{end}}' }} || docker buildx create --name multiplatform --driver docker-container --use
+      - docker buildx inspect multiplatform {{ '{{if ne .GITHUB_ACTIONS "true"}}' }}>/dev/null{{ '{{end}}' }} 2>/dev/null || docker buildx create --name multiplatform --driver docker-container --use
 
   init:
     desc: Initialize the repo for local use; intended to be run after git clone
diff --git "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/pyproject.toml" "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/pyproject.toml"
index db02899..60e03d6 100644
--- "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/pyproject.toml"	
+++ "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/pyproject.toml"	
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ pythonpath = ['src']
 markers = [
     "unit: marks tests as unit tests (deselect with '-m \"not unit\"')",
     "integration: marks tests as integration tests (deselect with '-m \"not integration\"')",
+    "slow: marks tests as slow tests (deselect with '-m \"not slow\"')",
 ]
 
 [tool.uv]
diff --git "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/src/main.py" "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/src/main.py"
index 8ae9470..f2bbc0c 100755
--- "a/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/src/main.py"	
+++ "b/{{cookiecutter.project_name|replace(\" \", \"\")}}/src/main.py"	
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 
 def main():
     """Main entry point for the application."""
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="{{ cookiecutter.project_short_description | replace('"', '\\"') | replace("'", "\\\\'") }}")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--version", action="version", version=f"%(prog)s {__version__}"
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}",
+        description="{{ cookiecutter.project_short_description | replace('"', '\\"') | replace("'", "\\\\'") }}",
     )
+    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=__version__)
     parser.parse_args()
 
     log = config.setup_logging()