diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_stable.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
similarity index 85%
rename from .github/workflows/deploy_stable.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/deploy.yml
index d0cbb85f..3011ab15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_stable.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 ---
-name: Deploy Stable Apps 🚀
+name: Deploy Apps 🚀
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - dev
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     - cron: "12 3 * * *"
@@ -16,12 +17,12 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   SHINYAPPSIO_ACCOUNT: genentech
   APP_PREFIX: NEST
-  APP_SUFFIX: stable
   GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  BRANCH: main
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -46,9 +47,20 @@ jobs:
             "python",
             "safety",
           ]
+        channel: ["stable", "dev"]
     steps:
+      - name: Set channel related constants
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ matrix.channel }}" = "stable" ]; then
+            echo "BRANCH_NAME=main" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "BRANCH_NAME=dev" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
       - name: Checkout repo 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: "${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}"
 
       - name: Check if cypress test exists
         id: find-cypress
@@ -74,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Restore renv from cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         env:
-          CACHE_KEY: renv-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.directory }}-${{ env.APP_SUFFIX }}
+          CACHE_KEY: renv-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.directory }}-${{ matrix.channel }}
         with:
           path: ${{ matrix.directory }}/renv/library
           key: ${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}-${{ hashFiles(format('{0}/renv.lock', matrix.directory)) }}
@@ -85,9 +97,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           setwd("${{ matrix.directory }}")
           lockfile <- renv::lockfile_read()
+          pkg_name_structure <- ifelse("${{ matrix.channel }}" == "stable", "%s/%s@*release", "%s/%s")
           for (package in lockfile$Packages) {
               if (package$Source == "GitHub") {
-                  renv::record(paste0(package$RemoteUsername, "/", package$Package, "@*release"))
+                  renv::record(sprintf(pkg_name_structure, package$RemoteUsername, package$Package))
               }
           }
 
@@ -135,8 +148,8 @@ jobs:
           )
           rsconnect::deployApp(
             appFiles = c("app.R"),
-            appName = rsconnect::generateAppName("${{ env.APP_PREFIX }}_${{ matrix.directory }}_${{ env.APP_SUFFIX }}"),
-            appTitle = "${{ env.APP_PREFIX }}_${{ matrix.directory }}_${{ env.APP_SUFFIX }}",
+            appName = rsconnect::generateAppName("${{ env.APP_PREFIX }}_${{ matrix.directory }}_${{ matrix.channel }}"),
+            appTitle = "${{ env.APP_PREFIX }}_${{ matrix.directory }}_${{ matrix.channel }}",
             account = "${{ env.SHINYAPPSIO_ACCOUNT }}",
             upload = TRUE,
             logLevel = "normal",
@@ -147,8 +160,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Commit updated renv.lock file
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
-          git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions"
           git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/teal.gallery/teal.gallery
           git fetch
           git stash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f1e317d..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Deploy Dev Apps 🚀
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "12 3 * * *"
-
-concurrency:
-  group: publish-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-env:
-  SHINYAPPSIO_ACCOUNT: genentech
-  APP_PREFIX: NEST
-  APP_SUFFIX: dev
-  GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  BRANCH: dev
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash
-    name: Publish 🗞
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/insightsengineering/rstudio_4.3.1_bioc_3.17:latest
-    if: >
-      !contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip deploy]')
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        directory:
-          [
-            "RNA-seq",
-            "basic-teal",
-            "efficacy",
-            "exploratory",
-            "longitudinal",
-            "early-dev",
-            "patient-profile",
-            "python",
-            "safety",
-          ]
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repo 🛎
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Check if cypress test exists
-        id: find-cypress
-        run: |
-          if [ -d ${{ matrix.directory }}/tests/cypress ]; then
-            echo "has-cypress-tests=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "Skipping frontend tests because cypress directory does not exist."
-            echo "has-cypress-tests=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Setup system dependencies for cypress and python app
-        run: >
-          apt-get update && apt-get install --yes
-          libgtk2.0-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libgconf-2-4 xvfb python3.10-venv
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        if: steps.find-cypress.outputs.has-cypress-tests == 'true'
-        with:
-          node-version: 16
-
-      - name: Restore renv from cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        env:
-          CACHE_KEY: renv-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.directory }}-${{ env.APP_SUFFIX }}
-        with:
-          path: ${{ matrix.directory }}/renv/library
-          key: ${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}-${{ hashFiles(format('{0}/renv.lock', matrix.directory)) }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}-
-
-      - name: Update renv.lock file with updated GitHub packages
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        run: |
-          setwd("${{ matrix.directory }}")
-          lockfile <- renv::lockfile_read()
-          for (package in lockfile$Packages) {
-              if (package$Source == "GitHub") {
-                  renv::record(paste0(package$RemoteUsername, "/", package$Package))
-              }
-          }
-
-      - name: Install R packages using renv and update the renv snapshot
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        working-directory: ${{ matrix.directory }}
-        run: |
-          options(renv.config.cache.symlinks = FALSE)
-          lockfile_pkgs <- renv::lockfile_read()$Package
-          github_pkgs <- names(lockfile_pkgs)[sapply(lockfile_pkgs, function(x) x$Source == "GitHub")]
-          renv::restore(clean = TRUE)
-          renv::update(exclude = github_pkgs)
-          renv::snapshot()
-
-      - name: Print the new renv.lock file for ${{ matrix.directory }}
-        working-directory: ${{ matrix.directory }}
-        run: cat renv.lock
-
-      - name: Front end test to check if the app works fine
-        if: steps.find-cypress.outputs.has-cypress-tests == 'true'
-        continue-on-error: true
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
-        with:
-          build: npm install cypress --save-dev
-          working-directory: ${{ matrix.directory }}/tests
-          start: npm run run-app
-          wait-on: "http://localhost:3333"
-          wait-on-timeout: 500
-
-      - name: Install deploy R package dependencies
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        working-directory: ${{ matrix.directory }}
-        run: |
-          install.packages(c("BiocManager", "rsconnect"))
-
-      - name: Deploy 🖨 ${{ matrix.directory }} 🎨
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        working-directory: ${{ matrix.directory }}
-        run: |
-          rsconnect::setAccountInfo(
-            name = "${{ env.SHINYAPPSIO_ACCOUNT }}",
-            token = "${{ secrets.SHINYAPPSIO_TOKEN }}",
-            secret = "${{ secrets.SHINYAPPSIO_SECRET }}",
-            server = "shinyapps.io"
-          )
-          rsconnect::deployApp(
-            appFiles = c("app.R"),
-            appName = rsconnect::generateAppName("${{ env.APP_PREFIX }}_${{ matrix.directory }}_${{ env.APP_SUFFIX }}"),
-            appTitle = "${{ env.APP_PREFIX }}_${{ matrix.directory }}_${{ env.APP_SUFFIX }}",
-            account = "${{ env.SHINYAPPSIO_ACCOUNT }}",
-            upload = TRUE,
-            logLevel = "normal",
-            lint = FALSE,
-            forceUpdate = TRUE
-          )
-
-      - name: Commit updated renv.lock file
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
-          git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
-          git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/teal.gallery/teal.gallery
-          git fetch
-          git stash
-          git checkout ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
-          git pull
-          git stash apply
-          git add ${{ matrix.directory }}/renv.lock
-          git add ${{ matrix.directory }}/renv/activate.R
-          if [ -n "$(git diff --staged)" ]; then
-            git commit -m "[skip deploy] Update renv.lock file for ${{ matrix.directory }} app"
-            git push origin ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
-          else
-            echo "renv.lock was not modified. Nothing to commit.";
-          fi