diff --git a/.changelog/4313.txt b/.changelog/4313.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6ab5ba811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/4313.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+```release-note:security
+Upgrade Go to use 1.22.7. This addresses CVE 
+[CVE-2024-34155](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34155)
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_skip_ci.sh b/.github/scripts/check_skip_ci.sh
index b8785f5541..da05d7fefe 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/check_skip_ci.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_skip_ci.sh
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ function contains() {
 #
 # ... `git merge-base origin/$SKIP_CHECK_BRANCH HEAD` would return commit `D`
 # `...HEAD` specifies from the common ancestor to the latest commit on the current branch (HEAD)..
-files_to_check=$(git diff --name-only "$(git merge-base origin/$SKIP_CHECK_BRANCH HEAD~)"...HEAD)
+skip_check_branch=${SKIP_CHECK_BRANCH:?SKIP_CHECK_BRANCH is required}
+files_to_check=$(git diff --name-only "$(git merge-base origin/$skip_check_branch HEAD~)"...HEAD)
 
 # Define the directories to check
-skipped_directories=("assets" ".changelog/", "version")
+skipped_directories=("assets" ".changelog" "version")
 
 files_to_skip=("LICENSE" ".copywrite.hcl" ".gitignore")
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ for file_to_check in "${files_to_check_array[@]}"; do
   # - Markdown files
   for dir in "${skipped_directories[@]}"; do
     if [[ "$file_to_check" == */check_skip_ci.sh ]] ||
-      [[ "$file_to_check" == "$dir"* ]] ||
+      [[ "$file_to_check" == "$dir/"* ]] ||
       [[ "$file_to_check" == *.md ]] ||
       contains "${files_to_skip[*]}" "$file_to_check"; then
       file_is_skipped=true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/security-scan.yml
index 120b564301..2b73015e42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-scan.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - release/**
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'assets/**'
+      - '.changelog/**'
 
 # cancel existing runs of the same workflow on the same ref
 concurrency:
@@ -16,13 +19,9 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  conditional-skip:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-conditional-skip.yml
 
   get-go-version:
     # Cascades down to test jobs
-    needs: [ conditional-skip ]
-    if: needs.conditional-skip.outputs.skip-ci != 'true'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-get-go-version.yml
 
   scan:
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
         with:
           repository: hashicorp/security-scanner
-          token: ${{ secrets.HASHIBOT_PRODSEC_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PRODSEC_SCANNER_READ_ONLY }}
           path: security-scanner
           ref: main
 
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index da9594fd66..87b26e8b1a 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22.5
+1.22.7
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f857f8fa3..dce1f25d0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,120 @@
+## 1.5.3 (August 30, 2024)
+
+SECURITY:
+
+* Bump Go to 1.22.5 to address [CVE-2024-24791](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24791) [[GH-4228](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4228)]
+* Upgrade Docker cli to use v.27.1. This addresses CVE
+[CVE-2024-41110](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41110) [[GH-4228](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4228)]
+
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+* docker: update go-discover binary [[GH-4287](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4287)]
+* docker: update ubi base image to `ubi9-minimal:9.4`. [[GH-4287](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4287)]
+* helm: Adds `webhookCertManager.resources` field which can be configured to override the `resource` settings for the `webhook-cert-manager` deployment. [[GH-4184](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4184)]
+* helm: Adds `connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.resourceJob.resources` field which can be configured to override the `resource` settings for the `gateway-resources-job` job. [[GH-4184](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4184)]
+* config-entry: add validate_clusters to mesh config entry [[GH-4256](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4256)]
+* helm: Kubernetes v1.30 is now supported. Minimum tested version of Kubernetes is now v1.27. [[GH-4244](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4244)]
+
+BUG FIXES:
+
+* Fixes install of Consul on GKE Autopilot where the option 'manageNonStandardCRDs' was not being used for the TCPRoute CRD. [[GH-4213](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4213)]
+* api-gateway: fix nil pointer deref bug when the section name in a gateway policy is not specified [[GH-4247](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4247)]
+* helm: adds imagePullSecret to the gateway-resources job and the gateway-cleanup job, would fail before if the image was in a private registry [[GH-4210](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4210)]
+* openshift: order SecurityContextConstraint volumes alphabetically to match OpenShift behavior.
+This ensures that diff detection tools like ArgoCD consider the source and reconciled resources to be identical. [[GH-4227](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4227)]
+* sync-catalog: fix infinite retry loop when the catalog fails to connect to consul-server during the sync process [[GH-4266](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4266)]
+* terminating-gateways: Fix bug where namespace field was not correctly set on ACL policies if using the `Registration` CRD with the service's namespace unset. [[GH-4224](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4224)]
+
+## 1.5.2 (August 29, 2024)
+
+Release redacted, use `1.5.3`
+
+## 1.4.6 (August 30, 2024)
+
+SECURITY:
+
+* Bump Go to 1.22.5 to address [CVE-2024-24791](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24791) [[GH-4228](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4228)]
+* Upgrade Docker cli to use v.27.1. This addresses CVE
+[CVE-2024-41110](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41110) [[GH-4228](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4228)]
+
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+* docker: update go-discover binary [[GH-4287](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4287)]
+* docker: update ubi base image to `ubi9-minimal:9.4`. [[GH-4287](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4287)]
+* helm: Adds `webhookCertManager.resources` field which can be configured to override the `resource` settings for the `webhook-cert-manager` deployment. [[GH-4184](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4184)]
+* helm: Adds `connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.resourceJob.resources` field which can be configured to override the `resource` settings for the `gateway-resources-job` job. [[GH-4184](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4184)]
+* config-entry: add validate_clusters to mesh config entry [[GH-4256](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4256)]
+
+BUG FIXES:
+
+* Fixes install of Consul on GKE Autopilot where the option 'manageNonStandardCRDs' was not being used for the TCPRoute CRD. [[GH-4213](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4213)]
+* api-gateway: fix nil pointer deref bug when the section name in a gateway policy is not specified [[GH-4247](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4247)]
+* control-plane: add missing  `$HOST_IP` environment variable to to consul-dataplane sidecar containers [[GH-3916](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/3916)]
+* helm: adds imagePullSecret to the gateway-resources job and the gateway-cleanup job, would fail before if the image was in a private registry [[GH-4210](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4210)]
+* openshift: order SecurityContextConstraint volumes alphabetically to match OpenShift behavior.
+This ensures that diff detection tools like ArgoCD consider the source and reconciled resources to be identical. [[GH-4227](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4227)]
+* sync-catalog: fix infinite retry loop when the catalog fails to connect to consul-server during the sync process [[GH-4266](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4266)]
+
+## 1.4.5 (August 29, 2024)
+
+Release redacted, use `1.4.6`
+
+## 1.3.9 (August 30, 2024)
+
+SECURITY:
+
+* Bump Go to 1.22.5 to address [CVE-2024-24791](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24791) [[GH-4228](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4228)]
+* Upgrade Docker cli to use v.27.1. This addresses CVE
+[CVE-2024-41110](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41110) [[GH-4228](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4228)]
+
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+* docker: update go-discover binary [[GH-4287](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4287)]
+* docker: update ubi base image to `ubi9-minimal:9.4`. [[GH-4287](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4287)]
+* helm: Adds `webhookCertManager.resources` field which can be configured to override the `resource` settings for the `webhook-cert-manager` deployment. [[GH-4184](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4184)]
+* helm: Adds `connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.resourceJob.resources` field which can be configured to override the `resource` settings for the `gateway-resources-job` job. [[GH-4184](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4184)]
+* config-entry: add validate_clusters to mesh config entry [[GH-4256](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4256)]
+
+BUG FIXES:
+
+* Fixes install of Consul on GKE Autopilot where the option 'manageNonStandardCRDs' was not being used for the TCPRoute CRD. [[GH-4213](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4213)]
+* api-gateway: fix nil pointer deref bug when the section name in a gateway policy is not specified [[GH-4247](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4247)]
+* helm: Fix ArgoCD hooks related annotations on server-acl-init Job, they must be added at Job definition and not template level. [[GH-3989](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/3989)]
+* helm: adds imagePullSecret to the gateway-resources job and the gateway-cleanup job, would fail before if the image was in a private registry [[GH-4210](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4210)]
+* openshift: order SecurityContextConstraint volumes alphabetically to match OpenShift behavior.
+This ensures that diff detection tools like ArgoCD consider the source and reconciled resources to be identical. [[GH-4227](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4227)]
+* sync-catalog: fix infinite retry loop when the catalog fails to connect to consul-server during the sync process [[GH-4266](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4266)]
+
+## 1.3.8 (August 29, 2024)
+
+Release redacted, use `1.3.9`
+
+## 1.1.16 (August 30, 2024)
+
+SECURITY:
+
+* Bump Go to 1.22.5 to address [CVE-2024-24791](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24791) [[GH-4228](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4228)]
+* Upgrade Docker cli to use v.27.1. This addresses CVE
+[CVE-2024-41110](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41110) [[GH-4228](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4228)]
+
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+* docker: update go-discover binary [[GH-4287](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4287)]
+* docker: update ubi base image to `ubi9-minimal:9.4`. [[GH-4287](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4287)]
+* helm: Adds `webhookCertManager.resources` field which can be configured to override the `resource` settings for the `webhook-cert-manager` deployment. [[GH-4184](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4184)]
+* helm: Adds `connectInject.apiGateway.managedGatewayClass.resourceJob.resources` field which can be configured to override the `resource` settings for the `gateway-resources-job` job. [[GH-4184](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4184)]
+* config-entry: add validate_clusters to mesh config entry [[GH-4256](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4256)]
+
+BUG FIXES:
+
+* openshift: order SecurityContextConstraint volumes alphabetically to match OpenShift behavior.
+This ensures that diff detection tools like ArgoCD consider the source and reconciled resources to be identical. [[GH-4227](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4227)]
+* sync-catalog: fix infinite retry loop when the catalog fails to connect to consul-server during the sync process [[GH-4266](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/4266)]
+
+## 1.1.15 (August 28, 2024)
+
+Release redacted, use `1.1.16`
+
 ## 1.5.1 (July 16, 2024)
 
 SECURITY: