diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81e0069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+- package-ecosystem: bundler
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..866f9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Release
+
+on: workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository == 'puppetlabs/beaker-vmpooler'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Get Version
+        id: gv
+        run: |
+          version=$(grep VERSION lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb |rev |cut -d "'" -f2 |rev)
+          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Found version $version from lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb"
+      - name: Tag Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          tag: ${{ steps.gv.outputs.version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+          generateReleaseNotes: true
+      - name: Install Ruby 2.7
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: '2.7'
+      - name: Build gem
+        run: gem build *.gemspec
+      - name: Publish gem
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.gem
+          touch $HOME/.gem/credentials
+          chmod 0600 $HOME/.gem/credentials
+          printf -- "---\n:rubygems_api_key: ${GEM_HOST_API_KEY}\n" > $HOME/.gem/credentials
+          gem push *.gem
+        env:
+          GEM_HOST_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security.yml b/.github/workflows/security.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..666c602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/security.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Security
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  scan:
+    name: Mend Scanning
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout repo content
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+    - name: setup ruby
+      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      with:
+        ruby-version: 2.7
+    # setup a package lock if one doesn't exist, otherwise do nothing
+    - name: check lock
+      run: '[ -f "Gemfile.lock" ] && echo "package lock file exists, skipping" || bundle lock'
+    # install java
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      with:
+        distribution: 'temurin' # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
+        java-version: '17'
+    # download mend
+    - name: download_mend
+      run: curl -o wss-unified-agent.jar https://unified-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/wss-unified-agent.jar
+    - name: run mend
+      run: java -jar wss-unified-agent.jar
+      env:
+        WS_APIKEY: ${{ secrets.MEND_API_KEY }}
+        WS_WSS_URL: https://saas-eu.whitesourcesoftware.com/agent
+        WS_USERKEY: ${{ secrets.MEND_TOKEN }}
+        WS_PRODUCTNAME: RE
+        WS_PROJECTNAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba73c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Testing
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  spec_tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ruby-version:
+          - '2.7'
+          - '3.0'
+          - '3.1'
+          - '3.2'
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Ruby
+      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      with:
+        ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
+        bundler-cache: true # runs 'bundle install' and caches installed gems automatically
+    - name: Run spec tests
+      run: bundle exec rake test
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9767b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* @puppetlabs/release-engineering
+
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9604bb0..ebabf9b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 source ENV['GEM_SOURCE'] || "https://rubygems.org"
 
-gemspec
-
-
+gemspec :development_group => :acceptance_testing
 
 def location_for(place, fake_version = nil)
   if place =~ /^(git:[^#]*)#(.*)/
@@ -14,14 +12,13 @@ def location_for(place, fake_version = nil)
   end
 end
 
-
 # We don't put beaker in as a test dependency because we
 # don't want to create a transitive dependency
 group :acceptance_testing do
-  gem "beaker", *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_VERSION'] || '~> 3.0')
+  gem "beaker", *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_VERSION'] || '>= 5.0', '< 7')
+  gem "beaker-abs"
 end
 
-
-if File.exists? "#{__FILE__}.local"
+if File.exist? "#{__FILE__}.local"
   eval(File.read("#{__FILE__}.local"), binding)
 end
diff --git a/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec b/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
index 28ce39a..43c6e88 100644
--- a/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
+++ b/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
@@ -20,13 +20,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   # Testing dependencies
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its'
-  # pin fakefs for Ruby < 2.3
-  if RUBY_VERSION < "2.3"
-    s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 0.6', '< 0.14'
-  else
-    s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 0.6'
-  end
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.1'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 2.4'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov'
   s.add_development_dependency 'pry', '~> 0.10'
 
diff --git a/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb b/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
index 3a4be77..018ce0b 100644
--- a/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module BeakerVmpooler
-  VERSION = '1.3.1'
+  VERSION = '1.4.0'
 end
diff --git a/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb b/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
index acb0dce..82a6d3e 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options['pooling_api'] + '/vm/')
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         if @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ module Beaker
           uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/vm/' + h['vmhostname'].split('.')[0])
 
           http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+          http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
           request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri.request_uri)
 
           # merge pre-defined tags with host tags
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(get_template_url(@options['pooling_api'], name))
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new( uri.host, uri.port )
+        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         if @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
@@ -277,6 +280,7 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/api/v1/vm/' + hostname + '/disk/' + disk_size.to_s)
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
         request['X-AUTH-TOKEN'] = @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
 
@@ -309,6 +313,7 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/vm/' + hostname)
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         response = http.request(request)
diff --git a/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb b/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
index a0495eb..11b9d0f 100644
--- a/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module Beaker
 
     before :each do
       stub_const( "Net", MockNet )
+      allow_any_instance_of(MockNet::HTTP).to receive(:use_ssl=)
       allow( JSON ).to receive( :parse ) do |arg|
         arg
       end