diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c27236e6..eb933b09e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -84,3 +84,6 @@ tags
 
 # ignore chain certificate
 test/e2e/common/cosign.pub
+
+# Release
+**/source.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 298b1d38e..fb741e9d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ FORCE_FETCH_RELEASE = false
 CR            = config/basic
 PLATFORM := $(if $(PLATFORM),--platform $(PLATFORM))
 
-GOLANGCI_VERSION  = v1.57.2
+GOLANGCI_VERSION  = v1.63.4
 
 BIN      = $(CURDIR)/.bin
 
diff --git a/tekton/build-publish-images-manifests.yaml b/tekton/build-publish-images-manifests.yaml
index 5913f1810..0f609e03e 100644
--- a/tekton/build-publish-images-manifests.yaml
+++ b/tekton/build-publish-images-manifests.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
     env:
     - name: "PROJECT_ROOT"
       value: "$(workspaces.source.path)"
-    - name: CONTAINER_REGISTY_CREDENTIALS
+    - name: CONTAINER_REGISTRY_CREDENTIALS
       value: "$(workspaces.release-secret.path)/$(params.serviceAccountPath)"
     - name: CONTAINER_REGISTRY
       value: "$(params.imageRegistry)/$(params.imageRegistryPath)"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ spec:
       for region in ${REGIONS}
       do
         HOSTNAME=${region}.$(params.imageRegistry)
-        cat ${CONTAINER_REGISTY_CREDENTIALS} | crane auth login -u _json_key --password-stdin ${HOSTNAME}
+        cat ${CONTAINER_REGISTRY_CREDENTIALS} | crane auth login -u ${CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER} --password-stdin ${HOSTNAME}
       done
       cp ${DOCKER_CONFIG} /workspace/docker-config.json
 
@@ -119,11 +119,6 @@ spec:
         fi
       done
 
-      # Rewrite "devel" to params.versionTag
-      sed -i -e 's/\(operator.tekton.dev\/release\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(app.kubernetes.io\/version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\("-version"\), "devel"/\1, "$(params.versionTag)"/g' ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/base/*.yaml
-      sed -i -e 's/\(operator.tekton.dev\/release\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(app.kubernetes.io\/version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\("-version"\), "devel"/\1, "$(params.versionTag)"/g' ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/${KUBE_DISTRO}/base/*.yaml
-      sed -i -e 's/\(operator.tekton.dev\/release\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(app.kubernetes.io\/version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\("-version"\), "devel"/\1, "$(params.versionTag)"/g' ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/${KUBE_DISTRO}/overlays/default/*.yaml
-
       # Publish images and create release.yaml
       mkdir -p $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR
 
@@ -133,6 +128,9 @@ spec:
       # This is currently the case for `cri-o` (and most likely others)
       kustomize build ${PROJECT_ROOT}/config/${KUBE_DISTRO}/overlays/default | ko resolve --platform=$(params.platforms) --preserve-import-paths -f - > $OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR/${FILENAME_PREFIX}release.notags.yaml
 
+      # Rewrite "devel" to params.versionTag
+      sed -i -e 's/\(pipeline.tekton.dev\/release\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(app.kubernetes.io\/version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' ${OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR}/${FILENAME_PREFIX}release.yaml
+      sed -i -e 's/\(pipeline.tekton.dev\/release\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(app.kubernetes.io\/version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' -e 's/\(version\): "devel"/\1: "$(params.versionTag)"/g' ${OUTPUT_RELEASE_DIR}/${FILENAME_PREFIX}release.notags.yaml
   - name: koparse
     image: gcr.io/tekton-releases/dogfooding/koparse:v20240910-ec3cf3c749@sha256:5e8a522fc1e587fc00b69a6d73e0bfdf7a29ca143537a5542eb224680d2dbf2f
     script: |
diff --git a/test/presubmit-tests.sh b/test/presubmit-tests.sh
index 6adc100ee..92fcb78fb 100755
--- a/test/presubmit-tests.sh
+++ b/test/presubmit-tests.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ source $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/vendor/github.com/tektoncd/plumbing/scri
 function check_go_lint() {
     header "Testing if golint has been done"
 
-    # deadline of 5m, and show all the issues
-    golangci-lint -j 1 --color=never --timeout=10m run
+    # deadline of 10m, and show all the issues
+    golangci-lint -j 1 --color=never --timeout=10m run --verbose ./...
 
     if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
         results_banner "Go Lint" 1