diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index f7baaa7..1014a57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ jobs:
           channels: conda-forge,nodefaults
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
-      - name: Remove defaults channel
-        run: conda config --remove channels defaults
-
       - name: Install conda-index
         run: |
           conda install -n base conda-index
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openssf-scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/openssf-scorecard.yml
index e50df95..e89da1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openssf-scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openssf-scorecard.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@f779452ac5af1c261dce0346a8f964149f49322b # v3.26.13
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@4f3212b61783c3c68e8309a0f18a699764811cda # v3.27.1
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif