diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index d13c0fa..4594fad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - "main"
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "README.md"
 
 env:
   IMAGE_NAME: "${{ github.repository_owner }}/github-actions-runner"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e48d1d1..9d05a74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Available Tags:
 | Variable                               | Type   | Description                                                                                                       |
 | -------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `GH_ORG`, `GH_REPO` or `GH_ENTERPRISE` | string | Points to the GitHub enterprise, organisation or repo where the runner should be installed                        |
-| `GH_ACCESS_TOKEN`                      | string | Developer Token vor the GitHub Organisation<br> This Token can be personal and is onlv needed during installation |
+| `GH_ACCESS_TOKEN`                      | string | Developer Token vor the GitHub Organisation<br></br> This Token can be personal and is onlv needed during installation |
 
 ### Optional environmental variables
 
diff --git a/images/ansible-k8s/Dockerfile b/images/ansible-k8s/Dockerfile
index 9573d2d..04e0587 100644
--- a/images/ansible-k8s/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ansible-k8s/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ENV GH_RUNNER_LABELS="ubuntu-20.04,ansible-k8s"
 # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/
 ARG KUBECTL_VERSION=1.23.5
 # https://github.com/helm/helm/releases
-ARG HELM_VERSION=3.8.1
+ARG HELM_VERSION=3.12.0
 
 COPY --from=build /go/src/github.com/containers/skopeo/bin/skopeo /usr/local/bin/skopeo
 COPY --from=build /go/src/github.com/containers/skopeo/default-policy.json /etc/containers/policy.json
diff --git a/images/base/Dockerfile b/images/base/Dockerfile
index 7ab061a..aa4d5d8 100644
--- a/images/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base/Dockerfile
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ ENV GH_RUNNER_WORKDIR="/home/$USERNAME"
 ENV GH_KANIKO_WORKDIR="/kaniko/workspace"
 
 # https://github.com/actions/runner/releases
-ENV GH_RUNNER_VERSION=2.302.1
+ENV GH_RUNNER_VERSION=2.304.0
 ENV GH_RUNNER_LABELS=ubuntu-20.04
 
 # https://github.com/fullstack-devops/awesome-ci/releases
-ENV AWESOME_CI_VERSION 1.2.0
+ENV AWESOME_CI_VERSION 1.2.4
 # https://github.com/samuong/alpaca/releases
-ENV ALPACA_VERSION 1.3.2
+ENV ALPACA_VERSION 2.0.2
 
 # making nessecarry directories
 RUN mkdir /helper-scripts \
diff --git a/images/golang/Dockerfile b/images/golang/Dockerfile
index 33874d9..2b10700 100644
--- a/images/golang/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/golang/Dockerfile
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ USER root
 
 ENV GH_RUNNER_LABELS="ubuntu-20.04,nodejs,golang,helm,ansible"
 # https://github.com/helm/helm/releases
-ARG HELM_VERSION=3.8.1
+ARG HELM_VERSION=3.12.0
 # https://go.dev/dl/
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.19
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.20.4
 
 # Install helm
 RUN export ARCH=$(/helper-scripts/translate-aarch.sh a-short) \
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN export ARCH=$(/helper-scripts/translate-aarch.sh a-short) \
 # install build tools for golang
 RUN export ARCH=$(/helper-scripts/translate-aarch.sh a-short) \
   && wget https://golang.org/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz -O /usr/local/src/go.linux.tar.gz \
-  && tar -xf /usr/local/src/go.linux.tar.gz \
+  && tar -C /usr/local/src -xzf /usr/local/src/go.linux.tar.gz \
   && rm -rf /usr/local/src/go.linux.tar.gz \
   && ln -s /usr/local/src/go/bin/go /usr/local/bin/
 
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ RUN chown -R $USERNAME /home/$USERNAME
 
 USER $USERNAME
 
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/home/runner/go/bin
+
 # install helm plugins helm push, appr && diff
 RUN helm plugin install --version 0.10.3 https://github.com/chartmuseum/helm-push.git \
   && helm plugin install --version 0.7.0 https://github.com/app-registry/appr-helm-plugin.git \
diff --git a/images/maven-adopt-8-ng/Dockerfile b/images/maven-adopt-8-ng/Dockerfile
index ec14924..5331ac1 100644
--- a/images/maven-adopt-8-ng/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/maven-adopt-8-ng/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN chmod 666 /usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-8-hotspot-amd64/jre/lib/security/cacerts
 
 ENV GH_RUNNER_LABELS="ubuntu-20.04,maven,openjdk-8,nodejs,go,yarn,helm,ansible"
 # https://github.com/helm/helm/releases
-ARG HELM_VERSION=3.8.1
+ARG HELM_VERSION=3.12.0
 
 # Install helm
 RUN export ARCH=$(/helper-scripts/translate-aarch.sh a-short) \
diff --git a/images/maven-temurin-11/Dockerfile b/images/maven-temurin-11/Dockerfile
index 97a3e4c..3ceb383 100644
--- a/images/maven-temurin-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/maven-temurin-11/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN chmod 666 /usr/lib/jvm/temurin*/lib/security/cacerts
 
 ENV GH_RUNNER_LABELS="ubuntu-20.04,maven,temurin-11,helm,ansible"
 # https://github.com/helm/helm/releases
-ARG HELM_VERSION=3.8.1
+ARG HELM_VERSION=3.12.0
 
 # Install helm
 RUN export ARCH=$(/helper-scripts/translate-aarch.sh a-short) \
diff --git a/images/maven-temurin-17/Dockerfile b/images/maven-temurin-17/Dockerfile
index fa47a6d..a58d114 100644
--- a/images/maven-temurin-17/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/maven-temurin-17/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 FROM ghcr.io/fullstack-devops/github-actions-runner:latest-base
 
 USER root
-# install packages along with jq so we can parse JSON
 # add additional packages as necessary
-ARG PACKAGES="temurin-17-jdk xmlstarlet maven"
+ARG PACKAGES="temurin-17-jdk xmlstarlet"
 ARG PACKAGES_PYTHON="kubernetes"
 
 RUN apt-get update \
@@ -11,12 +10,17 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
   && apt-get clean
 
+# maven version > 3.6 is still not in ubuntu package managemant
+ENV MAVEN_VERSION=3.9.3
+RUN curl -fsSL https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/${MAVEN_VERSION}/binaries/apache-maven-${MAVEN_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz | tar -xzC /opt/ \
+  && ln -s /opt/apache-maven-${MAVEN_VERSION}/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn
+
 # make cacerts for user accessable
 RUN chmod 666 /usr/lib/jvm/temurin*/lib/security/cacerts
 
 ENV GH_RUNNER_LABELS="ubuntu-20.04,maven,temurin-17,helm,ansible"
 # https://github.com/helm/helm/releases
-ARG HELM_VERSION=3.8.1
+ARG HELM_VERSION=3.12.0
 
 # Install helm
 RUN export ARCH=$(/helper-scripts/translate-aarch.sh a-short) \
diff --git a/images/ng-cli-karma/Dockerfile b/images/ng-cli-karma/Dockerfile
index dea6f5e..2ccfda6 100644
--- a/images/ng-cli-karma/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ng-cli-karma/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 
 ENV GH_RUNNER_LABELS="ubuntu-20.04,nodejs,yarn,karma,chrome,helm,ansible"
 # https://github.com/helm/helm/releases
-ARG HELM_VERSION=3.8.1
+ARG HELM_VERSION=3.12.0
 # https://go.dev/dl/
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.18