diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ca79ca5b..8b2c4c07 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ updates:
     directory: /
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
+
+  - package-ecosystem: npm
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a949f581..86d3116c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
 
+# Least-privilege default for every job; widen per-job only when needed.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# Cancel superseded runs on the same ref (e.g. rapid pushes to a PR) so CI
+# only spends minutes on the newest commit. Pushes to main run to completion.
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint CSS
@@ -20,6 +30,29 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run lint:css
 
+  commitlint:
+    name: Lint commit messages
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Commit-message linting only makes sense against a PR's commit range.
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          # Full history so commitlint can walk base..head.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e  # v6.4.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm ci
+      - name: Validate PR commits against Conventional Commits
+        run: >-
+          npx --no -- commitlint
+          --from ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          --to ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          --verbose
+
   build:
     name: Build bundle
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -56,6 +89,22 @@ jobs:
       - run: node scripts/check-artifacts.js --check
       - run: node scripts/check-version-sync.js
 
+  dependency-audit:
+    name: Dependency vulnerability audit
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e  # v6.4.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm ci
+      # Fail only on high/critical advisories so routine low-severity noise
+      # doesn't block merges. Tune the threshold as the project matures.
+      - run: npm audit --audit-level=high
+
   test:
     name: Regression tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -68,6 +117,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 22
           cache: npm
       - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run build
+      # `npm test` runs the `pretest` hook (build + unit tests) before Playwright,
+      # so an explicit build step here would just build twice.
       - run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium firefox webkit
       - run: npm test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
index da0a6df0..7332d2af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-dist.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ jobs:
           # credentials. We re-authenticate explicitly at push time below.
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      # No dependency cache on the publish path: a poisoned cache could be
+      # baked into the dist bundles served from the CDN. Fetch fresh from the
+      # registry with integrity verification (zizmor: cache-poisoning).
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e  # v6.4.0
         with:
           node-version: 22
-          cache: npm
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 244967a1..e0f18cf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+      # No dependency cache on the release path: a poisoned cache could be
+      # baked into the published release artifacts. Fetch fresh from the
+      # registry with integrity verification (zizmor: cache-poisoning).
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e  # v6.4.0
         with:
           node-version: 22
-          cache: npm
       - run: npm ci
       - name: Sync version constants to tag
         env:
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "notes<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "$NOTES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda  # v3
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
           body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.notes }}
@@ -151,12 +153,12 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout main
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           ref: main
           fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e  # v6.4.0
         with:
           node-version: 22
       - name: Determine version