diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint_test.yml
index 0e423af8..64d6823e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint_test.yml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload a Build Artifact
         if: always() && steps.prepare-artifact.outcome == 'success'
         continue-on-error: true
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pull-request-payload
           path: pull_request_payload.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/status_embed.yml b/.github/workflows/status_embed.yml
index 6c871f0f..5a2a396c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/status_embed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/status_embed.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   status_embed:
-    name:  Send Status Embed to Discord
+    name: Send Status Embed to Discord
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ !endsWith(github.actor, '[bot]') }}
 
     steps:
       # Process the artifact uploaded in the `pull_request`-triggered workflow:
@@ -23,13 +24,13 @@ jobs:
           curl -s -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" ${{ github.event.workflow_run.artifacts_url }} > artifacts.json
           DOWNLOAD_URL=$(cat artifacts.json | jq -r '.artifacts[] | select(.name == "pull-request-payload") | .archive_download_url')
           [ -z "$DOWNLOAD_URL" ] && exit 1
-          wget --quiet --header="Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" -O pull_request_payload.zip $DOWNLOAD_URL || exit 2
+          curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" -o pull_request_payload.zip $DOWNLOAD_URL || exit 2
           unzip -p pull_request_payload.zip > pull_request_payload.json
           [ -s pull_request_payload.json ] || exit 3
-          echo "::set-output name=pr_author_login::$(jq -r '.user.login // empty' pull_request_payload.json)"
-          echo "::set-output name=pr_number::$(jq -r '.number // empty' pull_request_payload.json)"
-          echo "::set-output name=pr_title::$(jq -r '.title // empty' pull_request_payload.json)"
-          echo "::set-output name=pr_source::$(jq -r '.head.label // empty' pull_request_payload.json)"
+          echo "pr_author_login=$(jq -r '.user.login // empty' pull_request_payload.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "pr_number=$(jq -r '.number // empty' pull_request_payload.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "pr_title=$(jq -r '.title // empty' pull_request_payload.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "pr_source=$(jq -r '.head.label // empty' pull_request_payload.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}