diff --git a/.github/actions/cached-image-pull/action.yml b/.github/actions/cached-image-pull/action.yml
index e2bb9d822..351bb3e6a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/cached-image-pull/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/cached-image-pull/action.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ runs:
       env:
         CACHE_PATH: ${{ inputs.cache-directory }}${{ inputs.cache-file }}.tar
       run: |
-        echo "::set-output name=path::$CACHE_PATH"
+        echo "path=$CACHE_PATH" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: check image cache
       id: image-cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: ${{ steps.image-file.outputs.path }}
         key: image-cache-${{ inputs.image }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/devpackpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/devpackpublish.yml
index a84bf6c8e..a976dc9cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devpackpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/devpackpublish.yml
@@ -16,21 +16,22 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: "! startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, '[CI Skip]') && github.repository == 'kiltprotocol/sdk-js'"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           # fetch-depth 0 and token needed to push changes on the package.json files back.
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
+          cache: 'yarn'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --immutable
       - name: Bump prerelease version of root package
         run: npm version --no-git-tag-version prerelease
       - name: Get current package version
         id: package_version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=package_version::$(node -pe "require('./package.json').version")"
+        run: echo "package_version=$(node -pe "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Set all other packages to same version
         env:
           PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ steps.package_version.outputs.package_version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/docpublish.yml
index 0e2d9f5e6..6d075f62a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docpublish.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2 # If you're using actions/checkout@v2 you must set persist-credentials to false in most cases for the deployment to work correctly.
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install and Build
         run: |
@@ -20,8 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           yarn build:docs
 
       - name: Deploy
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@releases/v3
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4
         with:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          BRANCH: gh-pages # The branch the action should deploy to.
-          FOLDER: docs/api # The folder the action should deploy to.
+          branch: gh-pages # The branch the action should deploy to.
+          folder: docs/api # The folder the action should deploy to.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npmpublish-rc.yml b/.github/workflows/npmpublish-rc.yml
index ece3e6a33..c53519c74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npmpublish-rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npmpublish-rc.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
+          cache: 'yarn'
       - run: yarn install --immutable
       - run: yarn build
       - run: yarn test:ci
@@ -18,10 +19,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
+          cache: 'yarn'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --immutable
       - name: Build packages
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn run bundle
       - name: Get current package version
         id: package_version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=package_version::$(node -pe "require('./package.json').version")"          
+        run: echo "package_version=$(node -pe "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT    
       - name: Publish to NPM
         run: yarn run publish --tag rc
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
index 7957abf81..7f3123b81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
+          cache: 'yarn'
       - run: yarn install --immutable
       - run: yarn build
       - run: yarn test:ci
@@ -18,10 +19,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
+          cache: 'yarn'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --immutable
       - name: Build packages
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn run bundle
       - name: Get current package version
         id: package_version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=package_version::$(node -pe "require('./package.json').version")"                  
+        run: echo "package_version=$(node -pe "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT                  
       - name: Publish to NPM
         run: yarn run publish --tag latest
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml
index 06d2d32d3..c4ba39bf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ jobs:
   validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v4
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-node-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/test-node-candidate.yml
index 742e97a92..6276ffd4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-node-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-node-candidate.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: zip build
         run: zip -r build.zip .
       - name: upload build
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
           path: build.zip
@@ -51,22 +51,20 @@ jobs:
     needs: cache_imgs
 
     steps:
-      - name: Log out node version
-        run: node --version
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
       - name: Log out node version
         run: node --version
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
       - name: unzip
         run: unzip build.zip -d .
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
@@ -99,11 +97,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
 
     steps:
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
       - name: unzip
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: yarn bundle
         run: yarn bundle
       - name: upload bundle artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: checked-nonmin-bundle
           path: packages/sdk-js/dist/sdk-js.umd.js
@@ -122,21 +120,21 @@ jobs:
     needs: [cache_imgs, bundle_cache]
 
     steps:
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+          node-version: '16.x'
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
       - name: unzip
         run: unzip build.zip -d .
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: checked-nonmin-bundle
           path: packages/sdk-js/dist
+      - run: basename /packages/sdk-js/dist/
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
@@ -145,10 +143,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Login to Amazon ECR
         id: login-ecr
         uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: '16.x'
-      - run: basename /packages/sdk-js/dist/
       - name: pull node image
         env:
           ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-polkadot-deps.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-polkadot-deps.yml
index fe4494ed0..b83dd2869 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-polkadot-deps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-polkadot-deps.yml
@@ -16,24 +16,14 @@ jobs:
         node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           ref: master
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      - name: Get yarn cache directory path
-        id: yarn-cache-dir-path
-        run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(yarn config get cacheFolder)"
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
-        id: yarn-cache # use this to check for `cache-hit` (`steps.yarn-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'`)
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.yarn-cache-dir-path.outputs.dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node-version }}-updated-dependencies
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node-version }}-updated-dependencies
-            ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node-version }}-yarn-
+          cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: delete yarn.lock
         run: rm -f yarn.lock
@@ -57,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: zip build
         run: zip -r build.zip .
       - name: upload build
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build-${{ matrix.node-version }}
           path: build.zip
@@ -77,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.required == 'optional' }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build-${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - name: unzip
@@ -101,14 +91,14 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.required == 'optional' }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build-14.x
       - name: unzip
         run: unzip build.zip -d .
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index d0edfbeac..3b83fb704 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ on:
       - 'Dockerfile'
       - 'docker-compose.yml'
       - 'dc.build.node.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/*publish.yml'
+      - '.github/**'
+      - '!.github/workflows/tests.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - develop
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: zip build
         run: zip -r build.zip .
       - name: upload build
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
           path: build.zip
@@ -59,11 +60,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
 
     steps:
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
       - name: unzip
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
       - name: unzip
@@ -123,22 +124,20 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.required == 'optional' }}
 
     steps:
-      - name: Log out node version
-        run: node --version
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
       - name: Log out node version
         run: node --version
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
       - name: unzip
         run: unzip build.zip -d .
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
@@ -171,11 +170,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
 
     steps:
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
+      - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 14
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
       - name: unzip
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: yarn bundle
         run: yarn bundle
       - name: upload bundle artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: checked-nonmin-bundle
           path: packages/sdk-js/dist/sdk-js.umd.js
@@ -202,21 +201,21 @@ jobs:
 
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.required == 'optional' }}
     steps:
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+          node-version: '16.x'
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: build
       - name: unzip
         run: unzip build.zip -d .
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: checked-nonmin-bundle
           path: packages/sdk-js/dist
+
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
@@ -225,9 +224,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Login to Amazon ECR
         id: login-ecr
         uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: '16.x'
       - run: basename /packages/sdk-js/dist/
       - name: pull node image
         env: