diff --git a/app/server/verify_workflow.go b/app/server/verify_workflow.go
index 44718b6c..ac54325a 100644
--- a/app/server/verify_workflow.go
+++ b/app/server/verify_workflow.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func verifyScorecardWorkflow(workflowContent string, verifier commitVerifier) er
 	}
 
 	// Verify that there is no job container or services.
-	if scorecardJob.Container != nil || len(scorecardJob.Services) > 0 {
+	if scorecardJob.Container != nil || hasServices(scorecardJob) {
 		return verificationError{e: errJobHasContainerOrServices}
 	}
 
@@ -313,3 +313,10 @@ func (g *githubVerifier) branchContains(branch, owner, repo, hash string) (bool,
 	// Target should be behind or at the base ref if it is considered contained.
 	return diff.GetStatus() == "behind" || diff.GetStatus() == "identical", nil
 }
+
+func hasServices(j *actionlint.Job) bool {
+	if j == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return j.Services != nil && len(j.Services.Value) > 0
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 91c19de2..076e98d5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v42 v42.0.0
-	github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.6.27
+	github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.7.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3551e4b9..b890a627 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymF
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 h1:zmkK9Ngbjj+K0yRhTVONQh1p/HknKYSlNT+vZCzyokM=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0/go.mod h1:fL2Sau1YI5c0pdGEVCbKQbLXB6edEj1ZgiY4NijnWvE=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0 h1:GlRw1BRJxkpqUCBKzKOw098ed57fEsKeNjpTe3cSjK4=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0/go.mod h1:YZ7TlrGPkiz6ku9fK3TLD/pl3CpsiFyu8N92HLgmosI=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0/go.mod h1:GxEUsuufX4nBwe+T+Wl9TAgYr
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
-github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.6.27 h1:xxwe8YmveBcC8lydW6GoHMGmB6H/MTqUU60F2p10wjw=
-github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.6.27/go.mod h1:m2nFUjAnOrxCMXuOMz9evYBRCLUsMnKY2IJl/N5umbk=
+github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.7.1 h1:WJaDzyT1StBWVKGSsZPYnbV0HF9Y9/vD6KFdZQL42qE=
+github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.7.1/go.mod h1:lNjNNlZY0BdBl8l837Z9ZiBpu8v+5lzfoJQFdSk4xss=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=