diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd51988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copilot Instructions
+
+This is a GitHub Action that searches for issues/pull requests/discussions in a repository, measures several metrics, and generates a report in form of a GitHub issue. The issues/pull requests/discussions to search for can be filtered by using a search query.
+
+## Code Standards
+
+### Required Before Each Commit
+
+- Run `make lint` before committing any changes to ensure proper code linting and formatting.
+
+### Development Flow
+
+- Lint: `make lint`
+- Test: `make test`
+
+## Repository Structure
+
+- `Makefile`: Contains commands for linting, testing, and other tasks
+- `requirements.txt`: Python dependencies for the project
+- `requirements-test.txt`: Python dependencies for testing
+- `README.md`: Project documentation and setup instructions
+- `setup.py`: Python package setup configuration
+- `test_*.py`: Python test files matching the naming convention for test discovery
+
+## Key Guidelines
+
+1. Follow Python best practices and idiomatic patterns
+2. Maintain existing code structure and organization
+3. Write unit tests for new functionality.
+4. Document changes to environment variables in the `README.md` file.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cddb8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: "Copilot Setup Steps"
+
+# Automatically run the setup steps when they are changed to allow for easy validation, and
+# allow manual testing through the repository's "Actions" tab
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+
+# Set the permissions to the lowest permissions possible needed for your steps.
+# Copilot will be given its own token for its operations.
+permissions:
+  # If you want to clone the repository as part of your setup steps, for example to install dependencies, you'll need the `contents: read` permission. If you don't clone the repository in your setup steps, Copilot will do this for you automatically after the steps complete.
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  # The job MUST be called `copilot-setup-steps` or it will not be picked up by Copilot.
+  copilot-setup-steps:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # You can define any steps you want, and they will run before the agent starts.
+    # If you do not check out your code, Copilot will do this for you.
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5.0.0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-test.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index 0b95c7e..c9ca2c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ jobs:
           path: results.sarif
           retention-days: 5
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@76621b61decf072c1cee8dd1ce2d2a82d33c17ed # v3.24.9
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@96f518a34f7a870018057716cc4d7a5c014bd61c # v3.24.9
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 07fb1a1..b12d6ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #checkov:skip=CKV_DOCKER_2
 #checkov:skip=CKV_DOCKER_3
-FROM python:3.13-slim@sha256:6f79e7a10bb7d0b0a50534a70ebc78823f941fba26143ecd7e6c5dca9d7d7e8a
+FROM python:3.13-slim@sha256:27f90d79cc85e9b7b2560063ef44fa0e9eaae7a7c3f5a9f74563065c5477cc24
 LABEL com.github.actions.name="issue-metrics" \
     com.github.actions.description="Gather metrics on issues/prs/discussions such as time to first response, count of issues opened, closed, etc." \
     com.github.actions.icon="check-square" \
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ COPY requirements.txt *.py /action/workspace/
 
 RUN python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt \
     && apt-get -y update \
-    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends git=1:2.39.5-0+deb12u2 \
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends git=1:2.47.2-0.2 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 CMD ["/action/workspace/issue_metrics.py"]
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index e3e4353..c0be31e 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ black==25.1.0
 flake8==7.3.0
 mypy==1.17.1
 mypy-extensions==1.1.0
-pylint==3.3.7
+pylint==3.3.8
 pytest==8.4.1
 pytest-cov==6.2.1
-types-pytz==2025.2.0.20250516
-types-requests==2.32.4.20250611
+types-pytz==2025.2.0.20250809
+types-requests==2.32.4.20250809
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2d48a84..5ba9ab5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ github3.py==4.0.1
 numpy==2.2.4
 python-dotenv==1.1.1
 pytz==2025.2
-requests==2.32.4
+requests==2.32.5