diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 83ef746..2f690ee 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,5 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
-  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/"
-    target-branch: "main"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
-  - package-ecosystem: "gitsubmodule"
-    directory: "/"
-    target-branch: "main"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
-  - package-ecosystem: "gitsubmodule"
-    directory: "/deps/build"
-    target-branch: "main"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
-  - package-ecosystem: "gitsubmodule"
-    directory: "/deps/apps"
-    target-branch: "main"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     target-branch: "main"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
index de57795..cfdce4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   call-workflow:
-    uses: splunk/addonfactory-workflow-addon-release/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml@v2.0
+    uses: splunk/addonfactory-workflow-addon-release/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml@v2.1
     secrets:
       GH_TOKEN_ADMIN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_ADMIN }}
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/escu-manual-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/escu-manual-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dab4e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/escu-manual-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: escu-manual-workflow
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      TA_BUILD:
+        description: 'TA build number (e.g. s3://ta-production-artifacts/ta-apps/{ta-name}-$build_number$.spl)'
+        required: true
+      TESTS:
+        description: 'Comma-Separated List of detections to run (e.g. detection1,detection2,detection3)'
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  call-workflow:
+    uses: splunk/addonfactory-workflow-addon-release/.github/workflows/reusable-escu-manual-workflow.yml@v2.1
+    with:
+      TA_BUILD: ${{ inputs.TA_BUILD }}
+      TESTS: ${{ inputs.TESTS }}
+    secrets:
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      OTHER_TA_REQUIRED_CONFIGS: ${{ secrets.OTHER_TA_REQUIRED_CONFIGS }}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9ef2665..9765933 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ repos:
       - id: check-merge-conflict
       - id: debug-statements
       - id: trailing-whitespace
-        exclude: ^(tests/requirement_test/logs)
+        exclude: ^(tests/requirement_test/logs|tests/knowledge/samples|tests/escu/.escu_detections)
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: check-xml
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-json
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
-        exclude: ^(tests/requirement_test/logs)
+        exclude: ^(tests/requirement_test/logs|tests/knowledge/samples|tests/escu/.escu_detections)
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
     rev: 22.3.0
     hooks: