diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 41c310fa..a4405d18 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # These owners will be the default owners for everything in the
 # repo. Unless a later match takes precedence, these owners will be
 # requested for review when someone opens a pull request.
-* @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+* @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
 
 # These folks own any files in the .github directory at the root of
 # the repository and any of its subdirectories.
-/.github/ @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.github/ @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
 
 # Let jsf9k own the sometimes-touchy AWS and Python playbooks, as well
 # as the packer.pkr.hcl file.
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 /src/python.yml @jsf9k
 
 # These folks own all linting configuration files.
-/.ansible-lint @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/.bandit.yml @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/.flake8 @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/.isort.cfg @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/.mdl_config.yaml @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/.pre-commit-config.yaml @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/.prettierignore @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/.yamllint @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/requirements.txt @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/requirements-dev.txt @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/requirements-test.txt @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
-/setup-env @dav3r @felddy @jasonodoom @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.ansible-lint @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.bandit.yml @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.flake8 @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.isort.cfg @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.mdl_config.yaml @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.pre-commit-config.yaml @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.prettierignore @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.yamllint @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/requirements.txt @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/requirements-dev.txt @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/requirements-test.txt @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/setup-env @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index e316b0d1..c0add003 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: actions/checkout
       - dependency-name: actions/setup-go
       - dependency-name: actions/setup-python
+      - dependency-name: cisagov/setup-env-github-action
       - dependency-name: crazy-max/ghaction-dump-context
       - dependency-name: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler
       - dependency-name: crazy-max/ghaction-github-status
+      - dependency-name: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions
+      - dependency-name: hashicorp/setup-packer
       - dependency-name: hashicorp/setup-terraform
       - dependency-name: mxschmitt/action-tmate
       - dependency-name: step-security/harden-runner
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3928aa66..a2d99e83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ defaults:
 
 env:
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
-  CURL_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/curl
   PIP_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/pip
   PRE_COMMIT_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/pre-commit
   RUN_TMATE: ${{ secrets.RUN_TMATE }}
@@ -32,10 +31,18 @@ env:
 jobs:
   diagnostics:
     name: Run diagnostics
+    # This job does not need any permissions
+    permissions: {}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Note that a duplicate of this step must be added at the top of
       # each job.
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
+      # Note that a duplicate of this step must be added at the top of
+      # each job.
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -50,8 +57,15 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     needs:
       - diagnostics
+    permissions:
+      # actions/checkout needs this to fetch code
+      contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -77,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Lookup Go cache directory
         run: |
           echo "dir=$(go env GOCACHE)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
           BASE_CACHE_KEY: "${{ github.job }}-${{ runner.os }}-\
             py${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-\
@@ -98,25 +112,12 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ${{ env.PIP_CACHE_DIR }}
             ${{ env.PRE_COMMIT_CACHE_DIR }}
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
             ${{ steps.go-cache.outputs.dir }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}
-      - name: Setup curl cache
-        run: mkdir -p ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
-      - name: Install Packer
-        env:
-          PACKER_VERSION: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
-        run: |
-          PACKER_ZIP="packer_${PACKER_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
-          curl --output ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --time-cond ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --location \
-            "https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_VERSION}/${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo unzip -d /opt/packer \
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo mv /usr/local/bin/packer /usr/local/bin/packer-default
-          sudo ln -s /opt/packer/packer /usr/local/bin/packer
+      - uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@v3
+        with:
+          version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
       - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3
         with:
           terraform_version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.terraform-version }}
@@ -177,8 +178,15 @@ jobs:
   test:
     needs:
       - diagnostics
+    permissions:
+      # actions/checkout needs this to fetch code
+      contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.python-version }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
           BASE_CACHE_KEY: "${{ github.job }}-${{ runner.os }}-\
             py${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-\
@@ -199,27 +207,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             ${{ env.PIP_CACHE_DIR }}
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
           key: "${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}\
             ${{ hashFiles('**/requirements-test.txt') }}-\
             ${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}"
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}
-      - name: Setup curl cache
-        run: mkdir -p ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
-      - name: Install Packer
-        env:
-          PACKER_VERSION: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
-        run: |
-          PACKER_ZIP="packer_${PACKER_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
-          curl --output ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --time-cond ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --location \
-            "https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_VERSION}/${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo unzip -d /opt/packer \
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo mv /usr/local/bin/packer /usr/local/bin/packer-default
-          sudo ln -s /opt/packer/packer /usr/local/bin/packer
+      - uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@v3
+        with:
+          version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -237,6 +232,9 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - lint
       - test
+    permissions:
+      # actions/checkout needs this to fetch code
+      contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -245,6 +243,10 @@ jobs:
           - arm64
           - x86_64
     steps:
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.python-version }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
           BASE_CACHE_KEY: "${{ github.job }}-${{ runner.os }}-\
             py${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-\
@@ -266,26 +268,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             ${{ env.PIP_CACHE_DIR }}
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
           key: "${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}\
             ${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}"
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}
-      - name: Setup curl cache
-        run: mkdir -p ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
-      - name: Install Packer
-        env:
-          PACKER_VERSION: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
-        run: |
-          PACKER_ZIP="packer_${PACKER_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
-          curl --output ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --time-cond ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --location \
-            "https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_VERSION}/${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo unzip -d /opt/packer \
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo mv /usr/local/bin/packer /usr/local/bin/packer-default
-          sudo ln -s /opt/packer/packer /usr/local/bin/packer
+      - uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@v3
+        with:
+          version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
       - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3
         with:
           terraform_version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.terraform-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index dcc3d6a0..98f72127 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -7,17 +7,24 @@ on:
 
 env:
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
-  CURL_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/curl
   PIP_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/pip
   RUN_TMATE: ${{ secrets.RUN_TMATE }}
 
 jobs:
   diagnostics:
     name: Run diagnostics
+    # This job does not need any permissions
+    permissions: {}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Note that a duplicate of this step must be added at the top of
       # each job.
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
+      # Note that a duplicate of this step must be added at the top of
+      # each job.
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -32,6 +39,9 @@ jobs:
   prerelease:
     needs:
       - diagnostics
+    permissions:
+      # actions/checkout needs this to fetch code
+      contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -40,6 +50,10 @@ jobs:
           - arm64
           - x86_64
     steps:
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -52,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.python-version }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
           BASE_CACHE_KEY: "${{ github.job }}-${{ runner.os }}-\
             py${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-\
@@ -61,26 +75,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             ${{ env.PIP_CACHE_DIR }}
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
           key: "${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}\
             ${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}"
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}
-      - name: Setup curl cache
-        run: mkdir -p ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
-      - name: Install Packer
-        env:
-          PACKER_VERSION: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
-        run: |
-          PACKER_ZIP="packer_${PACKER_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
-          curl --output ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --time-cond ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --location \
-            "https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_VERSION}/${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo unzip -d /opt/packer \
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo mv /usr/local/bin/packer /usr/local/bin/packer-default
-          sudo ln -s /opt/packer/packer /usr/local/bin/packer
+      - uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@v3
+        with:
+          version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
       - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3
         with:
           terraform_version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.terraform-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f0555082..7d02eabc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,17 +14,24 @@ env:
   # COPY_REGIONS_KMS_MAP: "us-east-2:alias/cool-amis,
   #                        us-west-1:alias/cool-amis,
   #                        us-west-2:alias/cool-amis"
-  CURL_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/curl
   PIP_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/pip
   RUN_TMATE: ${{ secrets.RUN_TMATE }}
 
 jobs:
   diagnostics:
     name: Run diagnostics
+    # This job does not need any permissions
+    permissions: {}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Note that a duplicate of this step must be added at the top of
       # each job.
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
+      # Note that a duplicate of this step must be added at the top of
+      # each job.
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -39,6 +46,9 @@ jobs:
   release:
     needs:
       - diagnostics
+    permissions:
+      # actions/checkout needs this to fetch code
+      contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -47,6 +57,10 @@ jobs:
           - arm64
           - x86_64
     steps:
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -59,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.python-version }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
           BASE_CACHE_KEY: "${{ github.job }}-${{ runner.os }}-\
             py${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-\
@@ -68,26 +82,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             ${{ env.PIP_CACHE_DIR }}
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
           key: "${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}\
             ${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}"
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ env.BASE_CACHE_KEY }}
-      - name: Setup curl cache
-        run: mkdir -p ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}
-      - name: Install Packer
-        env:
-          PACKER_VERSION: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
-        run: |
-          PACKER_ZIP="packer_${PACKER_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
-          curl --output ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --time-cond ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}" \
-            --location \
-            "https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_VERSION}/${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo unzip -d /opt/packer \
-            ${{ env.CURL_CACHE_DIR }}/"${PACKER_ZIP}"
-          sudo mv /usr/local/bin/packer /usr/local/bin/packer-default
-          sudo ln -s /opt/packer/packer /usr/local/bin/packer
+      - uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@v3
+        with:
+          version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.packer-version }}
       - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3
         with:
           terraform_version: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.terraform-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
index 5a20438e..00051472 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ name: sync-labels
 on:
   push:
     paths:
-      - '.github/labels.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml'
+      - .github/labels.yml
+      - .github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -13,10 +14,18 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   diagnostics:
     name: Run diagnostics
+    # This job does not need any permissions
+    permissions: {}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Note that a duplicate of this step must be added at the top of
       # each job.
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
+      # Note that a duplicate of this step must be added at the top of
+      # each job.
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
@@ -24,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           egress-policy: audit
       - id: github-status
         name: Check GitHub status
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-status@v3
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-status@v4
       - id: dump-context
         name: Dump context
         uses: crazy-max/ghaction-dump-context@v2
@@ -38,6 +47,10 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+        with:
+          # Uses the organization variable unless overridden
+          config: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_PERMISSIONS_CONFIG }}
       - id: harden-runner
         name: Harden the runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@v2
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5a5000f4..026f6b89 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,22 +4,30 @@ default_language_version:
   python: python3
 
 repos:
+  # Check the pre-commit configuration
+  - repo: meta
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-useless-excludes
+
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-case-conflict
       - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
       - id: check-json
       - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
+      - id: check-symlinks
       - id: check-toml
+      - id: check-vcs-permalinks
       - id: check-xml
       - id: debug-statements
+      - id: destroyed-symlinks
       - id: detect-aws-credentials
         args:
           - --allow-missing-credentials
       - id: detect-private-key
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
-        exclude: files/(issue|motd)
       - id: mixed-line-ending
         args:
           - --fix=lf
@@ -31,22 +39,15 @@ repos:
 
   # Text file hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
-    rev: v0.41.0
+    rev: v0.42.0
     hooks:
       - id: markdownlint
         args:
           - --config=.mdl_config.yaml
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    # This is the last version of v3 available from the mirror. We should hold
-    # here until v4, which is currently in alpha, is more stable.
-    rev: v3.1.0
+  - repo: https://github.com/rbubley/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: v3.3.3
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
-        # This is the latest version of v3 available from NPM. The pre-commit
-        # mirror does not pull tags for old major versions once a new major
-        # version tag is published.
-        additional_dependencies:
-          - prettier@3.3.1
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
     rev: v1.35.1
     hooks:
@@ -56,14 +57,14 @@ repos:
 
   # GitHub Actions hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.28.4
+    rev: 0.29.4
     hooks:
       - id: check-github-actions
       - id: check-github-workflows
 
   # pre-commit hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit
-    rev: v3.7.1
+    rev: v4.0.1
     hooks:
       - id: validate_manifest
 
@@ -71,25 +72,25 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/TekWizely/pre-commit-golang
     rev: v1.0.0-rc.1
     hooks:
-      # Style Checkers
-      - id: go-critic
-      # StaticCheck
-      - id: go-staticcheck-repo-mod
       # Go Build
       - id: go-build-repo-mod
+      # Style Checkers
+      - id: go-critic
+      # goimports
+      - id: go-imports-repo
+        args:
+          # Write changes to files
+          - -w
       # Go Mod Tidy
       - id: go-mod-tidy-repo
+      # GoSec
+      - id: go-sec-repo-mod
+      # StaticCheck
+      - id: go-staticcheck-repo-mod
       # Go Test
       - id: go-test-repo-mod
       # Go Vet
       - id: go-vet-repo-mod
-      # GoSec
-      - id: go-sec-repo-mod
-      # goimports
-      - id: go-imports-repo
-        args:
-          # Write changes to files
-          - -w
   # Nix hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-fmt
     rev: v1.3.0
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Shell script hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/scop/pre-commit-shfmt
-    rev: v3.8.0-1
+    rev: v3.10.0-1
     hooks:
       - id: shfmt
         args:
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ repos:
   # Python hooks
   # Run bandit on the "tests" tree with a configuration
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-    rev: 1.7.8
+    rev: 1.7.10
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
         name: bandit (tests tree)
@@ -132,37 +133,54 @@ repos:
           - --config=.bandit.yml
   # Run bandit on everything except the "tests" tree
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-    rev: 1.7.7
+    rev: 1.7.10
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
         name: bandit (everything else)
         exclude: tests
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
-    rev: 24.4.2
+    rev: 24.10.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: 7.0.0
+    rev: 7.1.1
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         additional_dependencies:
-          - flake8-docstrings
+          - flake8-docstrings==1.7.0
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 5.13.2
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.10.0
+    rev: v1.13.0
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
+  - repo: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit
+    rev: v2.7.3
+    hooks:
+      - id: pip-audit
+        args:
+          # We have to ignore this particular vulnerability in
+          # ansible-core>=2.11 as there is currently no fix.  See
+          # cisagov/skeleton-packer#380 for more details.
+          - --ignore-vuln
+          - GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78
+          # Add any pip requirements files to scan
+          - --requirement
+          - requirements-dev.txt
+          - --requirement
+          - requirements-test.txt
+          - --requirement
+          - requirements.txt
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.15.2
+    rev: v3.19.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
 
   # Ansible hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint
-    rev: v24.6.0
+    rev: v24.10.0
     hooks:
       - id: ansible-lint
         additional_dependencies:
@@ -173,21 +191,40 @@ repos:
           # necessary to add the ansible package itself as an
           # additional dependency, with the same pinning as is done in
           # requirements-test.txt of cisagov/skeleton-ansible-role.
-          # - ansible>=9,<10
+          #
+          # Version 10 is required because the pip-audit pre-commit
+          # hook identifies a vulnerability in ansible-core 2.16.13,
+          # but all versions of ansible 9 have a dependency on
+          # ~=2.16.X.
+          #
+          # It is also a good idea to go ahead and upgrade to version
+          # 10 since version 9 is going EOL at the end of November:
+          # https://endoflife.date/ansible
+          # - ansible>=10,<11
           # ansible-core 2.16.3 through 2.16.6 suffer from the bug
           # discussed in ansible/ansible#82702, which breaks any
           # symlinked files in vars, tasks, etc. for any Ansible role
           # installed via ansible-galaxy.  Hence we never want to
           # install those versions.
           #
+          # Note that the pip-audit pre-commit hook identifies a
+          # vulnerability in ansible-core 2.16.13.  The pin of
+          # ansible-core to >=2.17 effectively also pins ansible to
+          # >=10.
+          #
+          # It is also a good idea to go ahead and upgrade to
+          # ansible-core 2.17 since security support for ansible-core
+          # 2.16 ends this month:
+          # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix
+          #
           # Note that any changes made to this dependency must also be
           # made in requirements.txt in cisagov/skeleton-packer and
           # requirements-test.txt in cisagov/skeleton-ansible-role.
-          - ansible-core>=2.16.7
+          - ansible-core>=2.17
 
   # Terraform hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/antonbabenko/pre-commit-terraform
-    rev: v1.90.0
+    rev: v1.96.1
     hooks:
       - id: terraform_fmt
       - id: terraform_validate
@@ -200,7 +237,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Packer hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/cisagov/pre-commit-packer
-    rev: v0.0.2
+    rev: v0.3.0
     hooks:
-      - id: packer_validate
       - id: packer_fmt
+      - id: packer_validate
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bdf26b2a..5d2d6073 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,20 +8,37 @@
 # as using the dnf package manager, and version 8 is currently the
 # oldest supported version.
 #
-# We have tested against version 9.  We want to avoid automatically
+# Version 10 is required because the pip-audit pre-commit hook
+# identifies a vulnerability in ansible-core 2.16.13, but all versions
+# of ansible 9 have a dependency on ~=2.16.X.
+#
+# It is also a good idea to go ahead and upgrade to version 10 since
+# version 9 is going EOL at the end of November:
+# https://endoflife.date/ansible
+#
+# We have tested against version 10.  We want to avoid automatically
 # jumping to another major version without testing, since there are
 # often breaking changes across major versions.  This is the reason
 # for the upper bound.
-ansible>=8,<10
+ansible>=10,<11
 # ansible-core 2.16.3 through 2.16.6 suffer from the bug discussed in
 # ansible/ansible#82702, which breaks any symlinked files in vars,
 # tasks, etc. for any Ansible role installed via ansible-galaxy.
 # Hence we never want to install those versions.
 #
+# Note that the pip-audit pre-commit hook identifies a vulnerability
+# in ansible-core 2.16.13.  Normally we would pin ansible-core
+# accordingly (>2.16.13), but the above pin of ansible>=10 effectively
+# pins ansible-core to >=2.17 anyway so that's what we use.
+#
+# It is also a good idea to go ahead and upgrade to ansible-core 2.17
+# since security support for ansible-core 2.16 ends this month:
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix
+#
 # Note that any changes made to this dependency must also be made in
 # requirements-test.txt in cisagov/skeleton-ansible-role and
 # .pre-commit-config.yaml in cisagov/skeleton-generic.
-ansible-core>=2.16.7
+ansible-core>=2.17
 boto3
 docopt
 semver
diff --git a/setup-env b/setup-env
index 7d42d25d..e1340b67 100755
--- a/setup-env
+++ b/setup-env
@@ -39,6 +39,52 @@ python_versions() {
   pyenv versions --bare --skip-aliases --skip-envs
 }
 
+check_python_version() {
+  local version=$1
+
+  # This is a valid regex for semantically correct Python version strings.
+  # For more information see here:
+  # https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string
+  # Break down the regex into readable parts major.minor.patch
+  local major="0|[1-9]\d*"
+  local minor="0|[1-9]\d*"
+  local patch="0|[1-9]\d*"
+
+  # Splitting the prerelease part for readability
+  # Start of the prerelease
+  local prerelease="(?:-"
+  # Numeric or alphanumeric identifiers
+  local prerelease+="(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)"
+  # Additional dot-separated identifiers
+  local prerelease+="(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*"
+  # End of the prerelease, making it optional
+  local prerelease+=")?"
+  # Optional build metadata
+  local build="(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?"
+
+  # Final regex composed of parts
+  local regex="^($major)\.($minor)\.($patch)$prerelease$build$"
+
+  # This checks if the Python version does not match the regex pattern specified in $regex,
+  # using Perl for regex matching. If the pattern is not found, then prompt the user with
+  # the invalid version message.
+  if ! echo "$version" | perl -ne "exit(!/$regex/)"; then
+    echo "Invalid version of Python: Python follows semantic versioning," \
+      "so any version string that is not a valid semantic version is an" \
+      "invalid version of Python."
+    exit 1
+  # Else if the Python version isn't installed then notify the user.
+  # grep -E is used for searching through text lines that match the specific verison.
+  elif ! python_versions | grep -E "^${version}$" > /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: Python version $version is not installed."
+    echo "Installed Python versions are:"
+    python_versions
+    exit 1
+  else
+    echo "Using Python version $version"
+  fi
+}
+
 # Flag to force deletion and creation of virtual environment
 FORCE=0
 
@@ -144,17 +190,8 @@ while true; do
     -p | --python-version)
       PYTHON_VERSION="$2"
       shift 2
-      # Check the Python versions being passed in.
-      if [ -n "${PYTHON_VERSION+x}" ]; then
-        if python_versions | grep -E "^${PYTHON_VERSION}$" > /dev/null; then
-          echo Using Python version "$PYTHON_VERSION"
-        else
-          echo Error: Python version "$PYTHON_VERSION" is not installed.
-          echo Installed Python versions are:
-          python_versions
-          exit 1
-        fi
-      fi
+      # Check the Python version being passed in.
+      check_python_version "$PYTHON_VERSION"
       ;;
     -v | --venv-name)
       VENV_NAME="$2"
@@ -188,15 +225,8 @@ if [ $LIST_VERSIONS -ne 0 ]; then
   # Read the user's desired Python version.
   # -r: treat backslashes as literal, -p: display prompt before input.
   read -r -p "Enter the desired Python version: " PYTHON_VERSION
-  # Check the Python versions being passed in.
-  if [ -n "${PYTHON_VERSION+x}" ]; then
-    if python_versions | grep -E "^${PYTHON_VERSION}$" > /dev/null; then
-      echo Using Python version "$PYTHON_VERSION"
-    else
-      echo Error: Python version "$PYTHON_VERSION" is not installed.
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  fi
+  # Check the Python version being passed in.
+  check_python_version "$PYTHON_VERSION"
 fi
 
 # Remove any lingering local configuration.
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
index b4181dda..54cdd0aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env pytest -vs
 """Version tests for packer skeleton project."""
 
 # Standard Python Libraries