diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/integration_testing.yml
index 14e808a2..27d9f203 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_testing.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
+# This workflow pulls the published seCureLI packages from Pypi & Homebrew & executes them against a test repo
 # For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
 
+# TODO we should rename these to smoke tests but I'd rather hold off on doing that for now
+# since renaming the workflow/action might cause us to lose history for executions under the old name
 name: Integration Testing
 
 on:
@@ -17,16 +19,23 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.10'
 
       - name: Install seCureLI
+        # Note that this is a powershell script
         run: |
-          pip3 --version #any pip havers?
+          pip3 --version
           pip3 install secureli
           git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip pip
           cd pip
           secureli init --yes
-          secureli scan  --mode all-files --yes
+
+      - name: seCureLI Scan
+        run: |
+          cd pip
+          $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+          secureli scan --mode all-files --yes
+          $LastExitCode = 0  # Force exit code to 0 to avoid failing the build since scan returns nonzero exit status
 
 
-  test-homebrew-osx:
+  test-homebrew-macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - name: Test with Homebrew
@@ -60,14 +69,25 @@ jobs:
         run: cd pip && secureli init --yes && secureli scan
 
 
-  test-pypi-osx:
+  test-pypi-macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Test with Pypi
+      # This step is needed to keep us on python 3.11 for now, since dependency-injector doesn't yet support python 3.12.
+      # It can be removed once this PR is merged: https://github.com/ets-labs/python-dependency-injector/pull/765
+      - name: Install Python 3.11
+        id: setup-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install seCureLI from Pypi
         run: |
-          pip3 --version #what do we have on the macos image
+          pip3 --version # Validate python/pip version
           pip3 install secureli
+      - name: Scan repo with Pypi seCureLI package
+        run: |
           git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip pip
           cd pip
           secureli init --yes
-          secureli scan  --mode all-files --yes
+          # In the future, we should use specific exit codes to differentiate between exit reasons
+          # For now, we can just check if the command exits with a non-zero status
+          ! secureli scan --mode all-files --yes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eab4c937..54632dc7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ e2e = "bats tests/end-to-end/test.bats"
 python = "^3.9"
 typer = {version = ">=0.6.1,<0.10.0", extras = ["all"]}
 pygments = "^2.13.0"
+# Uncomment the following line to enable python 3.12 support prior to dependency-injector officially supporting it
+# Remove once this PR is merged: https://github.com/ets-labs/python-dependency-injector/pull/765
+# dependency-injector = { git = "https://github.com/ets-labs/python-dependency-injector.git", branch = "feature/python-3.12" , extras = ["yaml"]}
 dependency-injector = {version = "^4.40.0", extras = ["yaml"]}
 pydantic = "^1.10.2"
 jinja2 = "^3.1.2"
diff --git a/secureli/actions/scan.py b/secureli/actions/scan.py
index 2553c9c9..1e4561ed 100644
--- a/secureli/actions/scan.py
+++ b/secureli/actions/scan.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     ActionDependencies,
     VerifyResult,
 )
+from secureli.models.exit_codes import ExitCode
 from secureli.models.publish_results import PublishResultsOption
 from secureli.models.result import Result
 from secureli.services.logging import LoggingService, LogAction
@@ -159,4 +160,4 @@ def scan_repo(
         if scan_result.successful:
             self.echo.print("Scan executed successfully and detected no issues!")
         else:
-            sys.exit(1)
+            sys.exit(ExitCode.SCAN_ISSUES_DETECTED.value)
diff --git a/secureli/actions/update.py b/secureli/actions/update.py
index ea2d99ca..b1227e82 100644
--- a/secureli/actions/update.py
+++ b/secureli/actions/update.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def update_hooks(self, folder_path: Path, latest: Optional[bool] = False):
         """
-        Installs the hooks defined in pre-commit-config.yml.
+        Installs the hooks defined in .pre-commit-config.yml.
         :param latest: Indicates whether you want to update to the latest versions
         of the installed hooks.
         :param folder_path: Indicates the git folder against which you run secureli
diff --git a/secureli/models/exit_codes.py b/secureli/models/exit_codes.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea797bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/secureli/models/exit_codes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from enum import Enum
+
+
+class ExitCode(Enum):
+    SCAN_ISSUES_DETECTED = 3