diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yml.disabled b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
similarity index 59%
rename from .github/workflows/linter.yml.disabled
rename to .github/workflows/linter.yml
index 430f2fd3..0a3004e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml.disabled
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -11,19 +11,29 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
 
+permissions: { }
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Lint Code Base
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: read
+      # To report github actions status checks
+      statuses: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # Full git history is needed to get a proper list of changed files within `super-linter`
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Lint Code Base
-        uses: github/super-linter@v4
+        uses: super-linter/super-linter@v6.3.1
         env:
+          # only validate new or edited files
           VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: false
-          DEFAULT_BRANCH: main
+          VALIDATE_BASH_EXEC: false
+          VALIDATE_CPP: false
+          VALIDATE_CLANG_FORMAT: false
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index ed90c19c..be304669 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 0 * * 0"
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest