diff --git a/.github/actions/copy-workflow-go/action.yml b/.github/actions/copy-workflow-go/action.yml
index f8a684f5..4356430a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/copy-workflow-go/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/copy-workflow-go/action.yml
@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ description: Copy workflow steps specific to go
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
       with:
         # This should be the same Go version we use in the go-check workflow.
         # go mod tidy, go vet, staticcheck and gofmt might behave differently depending on the version.
-        go-version: "1.18.x"
+        go-version: "1.19.x"
     - name: bump go.mod go version if needed
       uses: protocol/multiple-go-modules@v1.2
       with:
         working-directory: ${{ env.TARGET_REPO_DIR }}
         run: |
           # We want our modules to support two Go versions at a time.
-          # As of March 2022, Go 1.18 is the latest stable.
+          # As of August 2022, Go 1.19 is the latest stable.
           # go.mod's Go version declares the language version being used.
           # As such, it has to be the minimum of all Go versions supported.
           # Bump this every six months, as new Go versions come out.
-          TARGET_VERSION=1.17
-          PREVIOUS_TARGET_VERSION=1.16
+          TARGET_VERSION=1.18
+          PREVIOUS_TARGET_VERSION=1.17
 
           # Note that the "<" comparison doesn't understand semver,
           # but it should be good enough for the foreseeable future.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index 1a5cd12d..c24662ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       status: ${{ steps.should-automerge.outputs.status }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Check if we should automerge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-3rd-party.yml b/.github/workflows/check-3rd-party.yml
index 339793df..36203b6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-3rd-party.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-3rd-party.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-on: 
+on:
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'configs/*.json'
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       targets: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.targets }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - id: set-matrix
         run: |
           TARGETS=$(find . -type f -name "*.yml" | sed "s|^\./||" | grep -v workflow-templates/header.yml | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ jobs:
         file: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix.outputs.targets) }}
     name: ${{ matrix.file }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Run check
         run: .github/workflows/check-3rd-party.sh ${{ matrix.file }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-config.yml b/.github/workflows/check-config.yml
index 1ee8aab6..db30405f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-config.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   check-config:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: check if config files are sorted alphabetically
         run: |
           for config in configs/*.json; do
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-yaml.yml b/.github/workflows/check-yaml.yml
index 5442b6ed..890a8e3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-yaml.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-yaml.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   check-yaml:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: nwisbeta/validate-yaml-schema@c3734e647d2a3beb98b9132330067e900fdbd1a2 # v2.0.0
         with:
           yamlSchemasJson: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml
index 235beed0..893823a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ matrix.cfg.target }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout ${{ matrix.cfg.target }}
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         path: ${{ env.TARGET_REPO_DIR }}
         repository: ${{ matrix.cfg.target }}
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: true
         submodules: recursive
     - name: Checkout template repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         path: ${{ env.TEMPLATE_REPO_DIR }}
+        ref: ${{ matrix.cfg.source_ref || github.ref }}
     - name: determine GitHub default branch
       working-directory: ${{ env.TARGET_REPO_DIR }}
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/create-prs.yml
index 688100d7..01c96d15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-prs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-prs.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.WEB3BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_commit.id || github.sha }}
       - name: Sync PRs in targets that need it
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
index 0c2d579b..f546cb34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ name: Dispatch
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ master, testing ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   # Number of repositories in a batch.
@@ -23,12 +24,13 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   matrix:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/testing'
     name: Batch targets
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       batches: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.batches }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - id: set-matrix
         run: |
           targets=()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
index 41249482..5b2e63bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       GOMODDIFF: ""
       RELEASE_BRANCH_NOTE: ""
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.x"
+          go-version: "1.19.x"
       - name: Determine version
         if: hashFiles('version.json')
         run: echo "VERSION=$(jq -r .version version.json)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/releaser.yml
index 9a981c22..7c27f737 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releaser.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       CREATETAG: "false"
       DEFAULT_BRANCH: ""
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Determine version
         run: echo "VERSION=$(jq -r .version version.json)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Determine branch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-repos.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-repos.yml
index c70a42df..c7889423 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale-repos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-repos.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Find stale repositories
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: find deleted / archived repositories
         run: |
           status=0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tagpush.yml b/.github/workflows/tagpush.yml
index 0375f35d..f295aacf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tagpush.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tagpush.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       TAGNAME: ""
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - run: cat "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" | jq -M .
       - name: extract tag name
         run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37b82d46..22198a06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@ This check will be run in repositories that set `gogenerate` to `true` in `.gith
 Note that depending on the code generators used, it might be necessary to [install those first](#additional-setup-steps).
 The generators must also be deterministic, to prevent CI from getting different results each time.
 
+## Technical Preview
+
+You can opt-in to receive early updates from the `next` branch in-between official Unified CI releases.
+
+To do so you have to set `source_ref` property to `next` on your repository target object in the configuration file.
+```json
+{
+  "repositories": [
+    {
+      "target": "pl-strflt/example",
+      "source_ref": "next"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+_Warning_: `next` branch updates are much more frequent than those from `master`.
+
 ## Technical Details
 
 This repository currently defines two workflows for Go repositories:
diff --git a/configs/go.json b/configs/go.json
index b4654ed0..4b6b75f4 100644
--- a/configs/go.json
+++ b/configs/go.json
@@ -336,9 +336,6 @@
     {
       "target": "libp2p/go-doh-resolver"
     },
-    {
-      "target": "libp2p/go-eventbus"
-    },
     {
       "target": "libp2p/go-flow-metrics"
     },
@@ -360,9 +357,6 @@
     {
       "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-consensus"
     },
-    {
-      "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-core"
-    },
     {
       "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-daemon"
     },
@@ -387,9 +381,6 @@
     {
       "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables"
     },
-    {
-      "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore"
-    },
     {
       "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router"
     },
@@ -405,9 +396,6 @@
     {
       "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-relay-daemon"
     },
-    {
-      "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-resource-manager"
-    },
     {
       "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers"
     },
diff --git a/templates/.github/workflows/go-check.yml b/templates/.github/workflows/go-check.yml
index 3b7cc2c8..22d23a45 100644
--- a/templates/.github/workflows/go-check.yml
+++ b/templates/.github/workflows/go-check.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ jobs:
     env:
       RUNGOGENERATE: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.x"
+          go-version: "1.19.x"
       - name: Run repo-specific setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/go-check-setup
         if: hashFiles('./.github/actions/go-check-setup') != ''
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "RUNGOGENERATE=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
       - name: Install staticcheck
-        run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@d7e217c1ff411395475b2971c0824e1e7cc1af98 # 2022.1 (v0.3.0)
+        run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@376210a89477dedbe6fdc4484b233998650d7b3c # 2022.1.3 (v0.3.3)
       - name: Check that go.mod is tidy
         uses: protocol/multiple-go-modules@v1.2
         with:
diff --git a/templates/.github/workflows/go-test.yml b/templates/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
index b321ae83..10307176 100644
--- a/templates/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
+++ b/templates/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ "ubuntu", "windows", "macos" ]
-        go: [ "1.17.x", "1.18.x" ]
+        go: [ "1.18.x", "1.19.x" ]
     env:
       COVERAGES: ""
     runs-on: ${{ format('{0}-latest', matrix.os) }}
     name: ${{ matrix.os }} (go ${{ matrix.go }})
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
       - name: Go information
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           # Use -coverpkg=./..., so that we include cross-package coverage.
           # If package ./A imports ./B, and ./A's tests also cover ./B,
           # this means ./B's coverage will be significantly higher than 0%.
-          run: go test -v -coverprofile=module-coverage.txt -coverpkg=./... ./...
+          run: go test -v -shuffle=on -coverprofile=module-coverage.txt -coverpkg=./... ./...
       - name: Run tests (32 bit)
         if: ${{ matrix.os != 'macos' }} # can't run 32 bit tests on OSX.
         uses: protocol/multiple-go-modules@v1.2
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           run: |
             export "PATH=${{ env.PATH_386 }}:$PATH"
-            go test -v ./...
+            go test -v -shuffle=on ./...
       - name: Run tests with race detector
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu' }} # speed things up. Windows and OSX VMs are slow
         uses: protocol/multiple-go-modules@v1.2
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: echo "COVERAGES=$(find . -type f -name 'module-coverage.txt' | tr -s '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@81cd2dc8148241f03f5839d295e000b8f761e378 # v3.1.0
         with:
           files: '${{ env.COVERAGES }}'
           env_vars: OS=${{ matrix.os }}, GO=${{ matrix.go }}
diff --git a/templates/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml b/templates/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml
index 05ac5920..44d92db3 100644
--- a/templates/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml
+++ b/templates/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
       with:
         node-version: lts/*
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         node: [16]
       fail-fast: true
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/$default-branch' # with #262 - 'refs/heads/${{{ github.default_branch }}}'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2