diff --git a/.github/actions/set-package-list/action.yml b/.github/actions/set-package-list/action.yml
index 6f5f58b..10e127a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/set-package-list/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/set-package-list/action.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ description: 'Get a list of packages in the given path'
 inputs:
   path:
     description: 'Path to the repository after checkout'
-    required: true
 outputs:
   package_list:
     description: "A white-space separated list of packages"
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 05a48fc..184406d 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "codecov/codecov-action"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-coverage.yml
index 8c61170..5c266a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-coverage.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ on:
       CODECOV_TOKEN:
         required: true
 
-env:
-  # this will be src/{repo-owner}/{repo-name}
-  path: src/${{ github.repository }}
-
 jobs:
   coverage:
     name: coverage build ${{ inputs.ros_distro }}
@@ -28,12 +24,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           required-ros-distributions: ${{ inputs.ros_distro }}
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.path }}
       - id: package_list_action
         uses: ros-controls/ros2_control_ci/.github/actions/set-package-list@master
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.path }}
       - uses: ros-tooling/action-ros-ci@0.3.6
         with:
           target-ros2-distro: ${{ inputs.ros_distro }}
@@ -50,9 +42,6 @@ jobs:
               }
             }
           colcon-mixin-repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/colcon/colcon-mixin-repository/master/index.yaml
-      - name: Workaround for codecov/feedback#263
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: true
@@ -60,7 +49,6 @@ jobs:
           flags: unittests
           name: codecov-umbrella
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-          working-directory: ${{ env.path }}
           verbose: true
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-rhel-binary-build.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-rhel-binary-build.yml
index 3c73f62..6220897 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-rhel-binary-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-rhel-binary-build.yml
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ jobs:
           if [[ -n "${{ inputs.upstream_workspace }}" ]]; then
             vcs import src < ${{ env.path }}/${{ inputs.upstream_workspace }}
           fi
-          rosdep update
-          rosdep install -iyr --from-path src || true
+          dnf check-update || true # update the cache but don't fail if there are updates available
+          rosdep update --rosdistro ${{ inputs.ros_distro }}
+          rosdep install -iyr --from-path src || true # ignore errors, as some packages might not be available
       - id: package_list_action
         uses: ros-controls/ros2_control_ci/.github/actions/set-package-list@master
         with: