diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 229920c..3af99ba 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@
 # 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
 
 # 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/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9bb221a..e7a60b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash -Eueo pipefail -x {0}
 
 env:
-  CURL_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/curl
   PIP_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/pip
   PRE_COMMIT_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/pre-commit
   RUN_TMATE: ${{ secrets.RUN_TMATE }}
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Lookup Go cache directory
         run: |
           echo "dir=$(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 }}-\
@@ -97,25 +96,12 @@ 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 }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
index 5a20438..e83bd41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ 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
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 46de0cf..4b9fc5e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ 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
     hooks:
@@ -21,7 +26,6 @@ repos:
       - id: detect-private-key
         exclude: config/gitleaks.toml
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
-        exclude: files/(issue|motd)
       - id: mixed-line-ending
         args:
           - --fix=lf
@@ -33,22 +37,15 @@ 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:
@@ -58,14 +55,14 @@ repos:
 
   # GitHub Actions hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.28.4
+    rev: 0.29.2
     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: v3.8.0
     hooks:
       - id: validate_manifest
 
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Shell script hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/scop/pre-commit-shfmt
-    rev: v3.8.0-1
+    rev: v3.9.0-1
     hooks:
       - id: shfmt
         args:
@@ -124,40 +121,52 @@ repos:
 
   # Python hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-    rev: 1.7.8
+    rev: 1.7.10
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
         args:
           - --config=.bandit.yml
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
-    rev: 24.4.2
+    rev: 24.8.0
     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: v1.11.2
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         additional_dependencies:
           - types-PyYAML
           - types-requests
+  - repo: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit
+    rev: v2.7.3
+    hooks:
+      - id: pip-audit
+        args:
+          # 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: v3.17.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
 
   # Ansible hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint
-    rev: v24.6.0
+    rev: v24.9.2
     hooks:
       - id: ansible-lint
         additional_dependencies:
@@ -182,7 +191,7 @@ repos:
 
   # 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
@@ -195,7 +204,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Packer hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/cisagov/pre-commit-packer
-    rev: v0.0.2
+    rev: v0.1.0
     hooks:
       - id: packer_validate
       - id: packer_fmt
diff --git a/setup-env b/setup-env
index 3a22d43..059ccad 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.