diff --git a/.dependency/prepare_source_zip.sh b/.dependency/prepare_source_zip.sh
index 17d578458f..080faa931d 100755
--- a/.dependency/prepare_source_zip.sh
+++ b/.dependency/prepare_source_zip.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename "$0")
 SCRIPT_PWD=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
 ROOT_PWD=$(cd "$SCRIPT_PWD" && cd .. && pwd)
 cd "$ROOT_PWD"
-WORK_BRANCH=v2.x/master
+WORK_BRANCH=v3.x/master
 ZOWE_MANIFEST="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zowe/zowe-install-packaging/${WORK_BRANCH}/manifest.json.template"
 WORK_DIR=.release
 ZIP_DIR="${WORK_DIR}/source_zip"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ echo
 
 ################################################################################
 echo "[${SCRIPT_NAME}] download manifest.json"
-/bin/sh -c "curl -s ${GITHUB_AUTH_HEADER} \"${ZOWE_MANIFEST}\"" > "${WORK_DIR}/manifest.json.template"
+/bin/sh -c "curl -s ${GITHUB_AUTH_HEADER} \"${ZOWE_MANIFEST}\"" >"${WORK_DIR}/manifest.json.template"
 if [ -f "${WORK_DIR}/manifest.json.template" ]; then
   echo "[${SCRIPT_NAME}] - ${WORK_DIR}/manifest.json.template downloaded"
 else
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ echo
 
 ################################################################################
 echo "[${SCRIPT_NAME}] write README.md"
-cat > "${ZIP_DIR}/README.md" << EOF
+cat >"${ZIP_DIR}/README.md" <<EOF
 # Source files for the Zowe project - version ${ZOWE_VERSION}
 
 Included in this zip file are the source files used to build the Zowe ${ZOWE_VERSION} Release.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/build-packaging.yml
index 3188e6490f..6e0e3d20c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-packaging.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ permissions:
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - v2.x/staging 
+      - v3.x/staging 
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-check-weekly.yml b/.github/workflows/link-check-weekly.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21a91b5417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-check-weekly.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+permissions: read-all
+
+name: Check Markdown Links - Weekly
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - 'v3.x/master'
+    - 'v3.x/staging'
+    - 'v2.x/master'
+    - 'v2.x/staging'
+    - 'v1.x/master'
+    - 'v1.x/staging'
+  schedule:
+  # Every day @ 4 AM
+  - cron: "0 4 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  markdown-link-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab # v3.5.2
+
+    - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@d53a906aa6b22b8979d33bc86170567e619495ec # v1.0.15
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snyk-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/snyk-analysis.yml
index 24e9211808..63c751dd3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snyk-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snyk-analysis.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ name: Kubernetes Containers Scan
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - v2.x/master
-      - v2.x/staging
+      - v3.x/master
+      - v3.x/staging
   # pull_request:
   #   types: [opened, synchronize]
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snyk-kubernetes.yml b/.github/workflows/snyk-kubernetes.yml
index 179773a4d1..0f5c8bc72a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snyk-kubernetes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snyk-kubernetes.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ name: Kubernetes IaC Scan
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - v2.x/master
-      - v2.x/staging
+      - v3.x/master
+      - v3.x/staging
   # pull_request:
   #   types: [opened, synchronize]
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zwe-doc-generation.yml b/.github/workflows/zwe-doc-generation.yml
index 23a42c9e49..6b4fba8adb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zwe-doc-generation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zwe-doc-generation.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   # Will run this on push when v2 is out
   push:
     branches:
-      - v2.x/rc
+      - v3.x/rc
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
diff --git a/schemas/manifest-schema.json b/schemas/manifest-schema.json
index 16e89fd94b..ce3f234605 100644
--- a/schemas/manifest-schema.json
+++ b/schemas/manifest-schema.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     },
     "autoEncoding": {
       "type": "array",
-      "description": "An array of paths to recursively search and automatically tag according to file extension, via execution of the tag-files script 'https://github.com/zowe/zowe-install-packaging/blob/v2.x/master/bin/utils/tag-files.sh'"
+      "description": "An array of paths to recursively search and automatically tag according to file extension, via execution of the tag-files script 'https://github.com/zowe/zowe-install-packaging/blob/v3.x/master/bin/utils/tag-files.sh'"
     },
     "homepage": {
       "type": "string",