diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b1b806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: Lint GitHub Actions workflows
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  actionlint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: actionlint
+        uses: raven-actions/actionlint@v1
+        with:
+          flags: "-ignore SC2086 -ignore SC2116"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-pr-titles.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-pr-titles.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4ed90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-pr-titles.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: "Lint PR"
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - synchronize
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate-pr-title:
+    name: Validate PR title
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-develop-into-main.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-develop-into-main.yml
index 56533ac..13e8ca0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-develop-into-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-develop-into-main.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,21 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "norepl@github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+
       - name: 'Create merge branch: develop --> main'
         run: |
-          git checkout release/merge-develop-into-main || git checkout -b release/merge-develop-into-main
+          git checkout -b release/merge-develop-into-main
           git rebase develop
+          git pull -r origin main
           git push --set-upstream origin release/merge-develop-into-main --force
+
       - name: Create PR
         run: |
-          (gh pr --repo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY create --fill --title "chore(develop): Merge changes from develop into main" --base main) || exit 0
+          (gh pr --repo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY create --fill --title "chore(develop): Merge changes from develop into main" --reviewer tinogo --base main) || exit 0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 56d4853..81bb7ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Configure Git
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "norepl@github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+
       - name: 'Create merge branch: main --> develop'
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         run: |
-          git checkout release/merge-main-into-develop || git checkout -b release/merge-main-into-develop
+          git checkout -b release/merge-main-into-develop
           git rebase main
+          git pull -r origin develop
           git push --set-upstream origin release/merge-main-into-develop --force
 
       - name: Create PR
@@ -42,8 +49,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Enable auto-merge for the PR
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         run: |
-          pull_request_url=$(gh pr view release/merge-main-into-develop --json url --jq '. | .url')
-          gh pr --repo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY merge $pull_request_url --auto --merge
-          gh pr --repo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY review $pull_request_url --approve
+          gh pr --repo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY review release/merge-main-into-develop --approve
+          gh pr --repo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY merge release/merge-main-into-develop --auto --merge
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # the approver of a PR can not be the same user as the creator of the PR.
+          # That's why we are sticking with the default runner user here
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}