diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 1d74f38a5..31701f90a 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 # https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
 version: 2
 updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "maven"
-    directory: "/"
+  - package-ecosystem: 'maven'
+    directory: '/'
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: 'weekly'
     commit-message:
-      prefix: "build"
+      prefix: 'build'
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: 'jakarta.servlet:jakarta-servlet-api'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index de4cbbf9e..09a197894 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-name: "CodeQL"
+name: CodeQL
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [ 'main' ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [ 'main' ]
   schedule:
     - cron: '35 2 * * 2'
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   analyze:
-    name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
+    name: "Analyze (java-kotlin)"
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     permissions:
       # required for all workflows
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@cbe18979603527f12c7871a6eb04833ecf1548c7
       with:
-        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
+        category: "/language:java-kotlin"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index d55ae4def..938b7a89e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '16 23 * * 2'
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [ 'main' ]
 
 # Declare default permissions as read only.
 permissions: read-all
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ jobs:
       # actions: read
 
     steps:
-      - name: "Checkout code"
+      - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: "Run analysis"
+      - name: Run analysis
         uses: ossf/scorecard-action@62b2cac7ed8198b15735ed49ab1e5cf35480ba46
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
       # format to the repository Actions tab.
-      - name: "Upload artifact"
+      - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882
         with:
           name: SARIF file
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard (optional).
       # Commenting out will disable upload of results to your repo's Code Scanning dashboard
-      - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
+      - name: Upload to code-scanning
         uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@86b04fb0e47484f7282357688f21d5d0e32175fe
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif