diff --git a/.github/workflows/gosec-scan.yaml b/.github/workflows/gosec-scan.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61cb7570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/gosec-scan.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The Nephio Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Gosec security scan
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "release/**"
+      - ".prow.yaml"
+      - "OWNERS"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "release/**"
+      - ".prow.yaml"
+      - "OWNERS"
+
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    name: Porch gosec scan
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      security-events: write
+    env:
+      GO111MODULE: on
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Porch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.22.2'
+      - name: Run Gosec Security Scanner
+        uses: securego/gosec@v2.21.4
+        with:
+          # we let the report trigger content trigger a failure using the GitHub Security features.
+          args: '-no-fail -exclude-dir=generated -exclude-dir=test -exclude-generated=true -fmt=sarif -out=results.sarif ./...'
+      - name: Upload SARIF file
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+        with:
+          # Path to SARIF file relative to the root of the repository
+          sarif_file: results.sarif
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e26a85f5..577f250a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,5 +30,9 @@ __debug*
 # Ignore all local history of files
 **/.history
 
+# gosec artifacts
+*results.html
+
 ### Jetbrains IDEs ###
-.idea/*
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/*
+
diff --git a/default-gosec.mk b/default-gosec.mk
index b0e146f8..70c91dc9 100644
--- a/default-gosec.mk
+++ b/default-gosec.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#  Copyright 2023 The Nephio Authors.
+#  Copyright 2023-2024 The Nephio Authors.
 #
 #  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 
-GOSEC_VER ?= 2.19.0
+GOSEC_VER ?= 2.21.4
 GIT_ROOT_DIR ?= $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 include $(GIT_ROOT_DIR)/detect-container-runtime.mk
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ include $(GIT_ROOT_DIR)/detect-container-runtime.mk
 .PHONY: gosec
 gosec: ## Inspect the source code for security problems by scanning the Go Abstract Syntax Tree
 ifeq ($(CONTAINER_RUNNABLE), 0)
-		$(RUN_CONTAINER_COMMAND) docker.io/securego/gosec:${GOSEC_VER} ./...
+		$(RUN_CONTAINER_COMMAND) docker.io/securego/gosec:${GOSEC_VER} -fmt=html -out=gosec-results.html \
+		-stdout -verbose=text -exclude-dir=generated -exclude-dir=test -exclude-generated ./...
 else
-		gosec ./...
+		gosec -fmt=html -out=gosec-results.html -stdout -verbose=text -exclude-dir=generated -exclude-dir=test -exclude-generated ./...
 endif
diff --git a/pkg/git/git.go b/pkg/git/git.go
index cbc93352..8929ac52 100644
--- a/pkg/git/git.go
+++ b/pkg/git/git.go
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ func (r *gitRepository) DeletePackageRevision(ctx context.Context, old repositor
 	if err := r.pushAndCleanup(ctx, refSpecs); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update git references: %v", err)
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -524,6 +525,8 @@ func (r *gitRepository) removeDeletionProposedBranchIfExists(ctx context.Context
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	delete(r.deletionProposedCache, deletionProposedBranch)
+
 	return nil
 }