diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 423d4b3f..e91d6109 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: 'weekly'
       day: 'saturday'
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
     allow:
       - dependency-type: 'all'
     versioning-strategy: 'auto'
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: 'weekly'
       day: 'saturday'
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
     labels: [ 'dependencies' ]
     commit-message:
       ## prefix maximum string length of 15
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index 46e29b82..c32a4c52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Python Environment
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Python Environment
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
@@ -82,6 +86,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Python Environment
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Python Environment
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
@@ -142,6 +150,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Python Environment
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
@@ -192,6 +202,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Create reports directory
         run: mkdir ${{ env.REPORTS_DIR }}
       - name: Setup Python Environment
@@ -270,6 +282,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Python Environment
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6215ce44..52f265cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Python Environment
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Python Environment
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
@@ -106,18 +110,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate GitHub App Token
         id: release-bot-token
         # see https://github.com/actions/create-github-app-token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3 # v3
         with:
           # see https://github.com/organizations/CycloneDX/settings/apps/cyclonedx-releases
           app-id: 3335294
           private-key: ${{ secrets.CDX_RELEASE_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
       - name: Get GitHub App User ID
         id: release-bot-user-id
-        run: |
-          set -xeu
-          echo "user-id=$(gh api "/users/${{ steps.release-bot-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]" --jq .id)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
+          APP_SLUG: ${{ steps.release-bot-token.outputs.app-slug }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.release-bot-token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          set -xeu
+          echo "user-id=$(gh api "/users/${APP_SLUG}[bot]" --jq .id)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Checkout code
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
@@ -125,6 +130,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ steps.release-bot-token.outputs.token }}
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Setup python
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86d6a872..0e19c498 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@
 
 <!-- version list -->
 
+## v11.7.1-alpha.1 (2026-05-04)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Add persist-credentials: false to release job checkout
+  ([`1a8dae3`](https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/commit/1a8dae399dd97c4829cdd04657b4b7de005ae118))
+
+- Address all zizmor security findings in GitHub Actions workflows
+  ([`5b2cb0b`](https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/commit/5b2cb0ba371d402ece0f87ba89d925cb4d42ae5e))
+
+- Pin actions/create-github-app-token to commit hash
+  ([`f959774`](https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/commit/f959774e7308966fab7fbde8f50851ea267a9c0f))
+
+- Revert persist-credentials in release checkout (untested combination)
+  ([`1a42e8e`](https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/commit/1a42e8ead629c9fedf9e389a1226fee87299af1b))
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Update CDX summary ([#951](https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/pull/951),
+  [`752b162`](https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/commit/752b1620a23e319add81c505fe7197a2ae3cca06))
+
+
 ## v11.7.0 (2026-03-17)
 
 ### Documentation
diff --git a/cyclonedx/__init__.py b/cyclonedx/__init__.py
index ff9bd20b..4c9c9ca9 100644
--- a/cyclonedx/__init__.py
+++ b/cyclonedx/__init__.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 
 # !! version is managed by semantic_release
 # do not use typing here, or else `semantic_release` might have issues finding the variable
-__version__ = "11.7.0"  # noqa:Q000
+__version__ = "11.7.1-alpha.1"  # noqa:Q000
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 31daedd8..8fe009c1 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 # !! version is managed by semantic_release
-release = '11.7.0'
+release = '11.7.1-alpha.1'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 532b1e6c..33f62cba 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "cyclonedx-python-lib"
 # !! version is managed by semantic_release
-version = "11.7.0"
+version = "11.7.1-alpha.1"
 description = "Python library for CycloneDX"
 authors = [
   "Paul Horton <phorton@sonatype.com>",
@@ -146,15 +146,15 @@ exclude_commit_patterns = [
 match = "(main|master)"
 prerelease = false
 
-[tool.semantic_release.branches."step"]
-match = "(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|style|refactor|tests?)"
-prerelease = true
-prerelease_token = "alpha"
-
 [tool.semantic_release.branches."major-dev"]
 match = "(\\d+\\.0\\.0-(dev|rc)|dev/\\d+\\.0\\.0)"
 prerelease = true
 prerelease_token = "rc"
 
+[tool.semantic_release.branches.fallback]
+match = ".*"
+prerelease = true
+prerelease_token = "alpha"
+
 [tool.deptry]
 extend_exclude = ["docs", "examples", "package_aliases", "tools"]