diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 29797e301340d..cf1e8704cdff2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@e0647621c2984b5ed2f768cb892365bf2a616ad1 # v4.37.2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
         # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
         # with:
         #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ jobs:
           make
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@e0647621c2984b5ed2f768cb892365bf2a616ad1 # v4.37.2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
index fa0115ffa7e1a..92e5f6073d1cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e0647621c2984b5ed2f768cb892365bf2a616ad1 # v4.37.2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e4fba868fa4b1b91e1fdab776edc8cfbe6e9fb81 # v4.37.3
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/api/releases/v1.12.0-beta.toml b/api/releases/v1.12.0-beta.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..12244bb5c659d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/releases/v1.12.0-beta.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# commit to be tagged for new release
+commit = "HEAD"
+
+project_name = "containerd"
+github_repo = "containerd/containerd"
+sub_path = "api"
+ignore_deps = [ "github.com/containerd/containerd" ]
+
+# previous release
+previous = "api/v1.11.0"
+
+pre_release = true
+
+preface = """\
+The 13th release for the containerd 1.x API aligns with the containerd 2.4 release.
+"""