diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
index 7365335ccb..5182fe8943 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request_target:
     branches: [ master ]
       
-jobs:
-  approve:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Approve
-      run: echo For security reasons, all pull requests need to be approved first before running any automated CI.
-      
+jobs:    
   ubuntu-job:
     name: 'BrowserStack Test on Ubuntu'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # Can be self-hosted runner also
@@ -34,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           local-identifier: random
 
       - name: 'Checkout the repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 2