diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump.yml b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
index 68daa7c0c..e5f8351a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Check if Node.js project and has package.json
         id: packagejson
-        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "::set-output name=exists::true" || echo "::set-output name=exists::false"
+        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT || echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Bumping latest version of this package in other repositories
-        uses: derberg/npm-dependency-manager-for-your-github-org@v4
+        uses: derberg/npm-dependency-manager-for-your-github-org@26a4f13d740254719971325046822a169aaa7441 # using v5.-.- https://github.com/derberg/npm-dependency-manager-for-your-github-org/releases/tag/v5.0.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           committer_username: asyncapi-bot
           committer_email: info@asyncapi.io
-          repos_to_ignore: html-template # this is temporary until react component releases 1.0, then it can be removed
+          repos_to_ignore: spec,bindings