diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index fd3e702..b9c87d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6
         with:
+          cache: true
+          cache-dependency-path: go.sum
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - run: go version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-helm.yml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-helm.yml
index a6afd1c..20fe347 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-helm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-helm.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ permissions: {}
 
 env:
   HELM_CHART_PATH: charts/lifecycle-controller
+  KIND_VERSION: v0.32.0
 
 jobs:
   test-e2e-helm:
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6
         with:
+          cache: true
+          cache-dependency-path: go.sum
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - run: go version
@@ -47,11 +50,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: helm version
 
-      - name: Install latest kind release
-        run: |
-          curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-linux-amd64
-          chmod +x ./kind
-          sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind
+      - name: Set up kind
+        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
+        with:
+          install_only: true
+          version: ${{ env.KIND_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Run Helm E2E tests
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
index 0e55dab..d589b3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,28 @@ on:
       - 'test/e2e/**'
       - 'test/utils/**'
       - '.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - '**.go'
+      - 'go.mod'
+      - 'go.sum'
+      - 'internal/**'
+      - 'cmd/**'
+      - 'api/**'
+      - 'Dockerfile'
+      - 'Makefile'
+      - 'config/**'
+      - 'test/e2e/**'
+      - 'test/utils/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml'
 
 permissions: {}
 
+env:
+  KIND_VERSION: v0.32.0
+
 jobs:
   test-e2e:
     permissions:
@@ -35,15 +54,17 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6
         with:
+          cache: true
+          cache-dependency-path: go.sum
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - run: go version
 
-      - name: Install latest kind release
-        run: |
-          curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-linux-amd64
-          chmod +x ./kind
-          sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind
+      - name: Set up kind
+        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
+        with:
+          install_only: true
+          version: ${{ env.KIND_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Verify kind installation
         run: kind version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-helm-unittest.yml b/.github/workflows/test-helm-unittest.yml
index 7e17c57..6f4fddc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-helm-unittest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-helm-unittest.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,19 @@ on:
       - 'charts/**'
       - 'Makefile'
       - '.github/workflows/test-helm-unittest.yml'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'charts/**'
+      - 'Makefile'
+      - '.github/workflows/test-helm-unittest.yml'
 
 permissions: {}
 
 env:
   HELM_CHART_PATH: charts/lifecycle-controller
+  HELM_UNITTEST_VERSION: v1.1.1
 
 jobs:
   helm-unittest:
@@ -39,7 +47,11 @@ jobs:
       - run: helm version
 
       - name: Install helm-unittest plugin
-        run: helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest --verify=false
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -d "$(helm env HELM_PLUGINS)/helm-unittest" ]; then
+            helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest \
+              --version "$HELM_UNITTEST_VERSION" --verify=false
+          fi
 
       - name: Run Helm unit tests
         run: make helm-unittest HELM_CHART_PATH=${{ env.HELM_CHART_PATH }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c6f8654..f6d640f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ on:
       - 'go.mod'
       - 'go.sum'
       - '.github/workflows/test.yml'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - '**.go'
+      - 'go.mod'
+      - 'go.sum'
+      - 'Makefile'
+      - '.github/workflows/test.yml'
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -27,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6
         with:
+          cache: true
+          cache-dependency-path: go.sum
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - run: go version