diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00930379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/admin-ui"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    target-branch: "develop"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 50
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/push-trigger.yml
index 97fefe00..a7c2fad8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-trigger.yml
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ jobs:
           ## FIND JARS & COPY ONLY EXECUTABLE JARs STORED UNDER TARGET DIRECTORY 
           find ${{ env.SERVICE_LOCATION }} -path '*/target/*' -name '*.jar'  -type f -exec zip ${{ env.BUILD_ARTIFACT }}.zip {} +
 
-      - name: Upload the springboot jars
+      - name: upload the springboot jars
         if: ${{ !contains(github.ref, 'master') || !contains(github.ref, 'main') }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ env.BUILD_ARTIFACT }}
           path: ${{ env.BUILD_ARTIFACT }}.zip
@@ -171,4 +171,4 @@ jobs:
       OSSRH_SECRET: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_SECRET }}
       OSSRH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
       GPG_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET }}
-      SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
\ No newline at end of file
+      SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78362833..5c7b8632 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Admin Portal
-[![Maven Package upon a push](https://github.com/mosip/keymanager/actions/workflows/push_trigger.yml/badge.svg?branch=release-1.2.0.1)](https://github.com/mosip/admin-ui/actions/workflows/push_trigger.yml)
-[![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?branch=release-1.2.0.1&project=mosip_admin-ui&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?branch=release-1.2.0.1&id=mosip_admin-ui)
+[![Maven Package upon a push](https://github.com/mosip/keymanager/actions/workflows/push-trigger.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/mosip/admin-ui/actions/workflows/push-trigger.yml)
+[![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?branch=master&project=mosip_admin-ui&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?branch=master&id=mosip_admin-ui)
 
 ## Overview
 See [overview and portal user guide](https://docs.mosip.io/1.2.0/modules/administration/admin-portal-user-guide).
diff --git a/admintest/pom.xml b/admintest/pom.xml
index 64306597..72d319f6 100644
--- a/admintest/pom.xml
+++ b/admintest/pom.xml
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 <dependency>
     <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
     <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.6</version>
+    <version>1.3.16</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>