diff --git a/.github/actions/cached-node-modules/action.yml b/.github/actions/cached-node-modules/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 08973b3795..0000000000
--- a/.github/actions/cached-node-modules/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Cached Node Modules'
-description: 'A simple action to cache node_modules or install them if they are not cached'
-inputs:
-  nodeVersion: # id of input
-    description: 'Node.js version to use in the cache key'
-    default: '20'
-  build:
-    description: 'Whether to build the packages or not'
-    default: 'true'
-outputs:
-  cache-hit:
-    description: "Whether the cache was hit or not"
-    value: ${{ steps.cache-node-modules.outputs.cache-hit }}
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: Cache node modules
-      id: cache-node-modules
-      uses: actions/cache@13aacd865c20de90d75de3b17ebe84f7a17d57d2 # v4.0.0
-      with:
-        path: '**/node_modules'
-        # Use the combo between node version, name, and SHA-256 hash of the lock file as cache key so that
-        # if one of them changes the cache is invalidated/discarded
-        key: ${{ inputs.nodeVersion }}-cache-utilities-node-modules-${{ hashFiles('./package-lock.json') }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      # We can skip the installation if there was a cache hit
-      if: steps.cache-node-modules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run: npm ci
-      shell: bash
-    - name: Build packages
-      # Regardless of whether the cache was hit or not, we need to build the packages, unless the caller says otherwise
-      if: inputs.build == 'true'
-      # We build the commons and jmspath packages first, then the others in parallel to speed up the process
-      # even though we could just run `npm run build` in the root folder and build them in
-      # sequence, but still in the correct order.
-      run: |
-        npm run build -w packages/commons 
-        npm run build -w packages/jmespath
-        npm run build -w packages/logger & \
-        npm run build -w packages/tracer & \
-        npm run build -w packages/metrics & \
-        npm run build -w packages/parameters & \
-        npm run build -w packages/idempotency & \
-        npm run build -w packages/batch & \
-        npm run build -w packages/testing & \
-        npm run build -w packages/parser & \
-        npm run build -w packages/event-handler
-      shell: bash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-release.yml b/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
index 9a08893c55..4fd8000298 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           npm set "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: Publish to npm
         run: |
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE=true npx lerna publish from-package --git-head ${{ github.sha }} --yes 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-version.yml b/.github/workflows/make-version.yml
index 47aac1640d..b1297b465d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-version.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "20"
           cache: "npm"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: Version
         id: bump-version
         run: npx lerna version --conventional-commits --no-git-tag-version --no-push --no-commit-hooks --yes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_layer.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_layer.yml
index b71b0295aa..f867b1d65f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_layer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_layer.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "20"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: CDK build
         run: npm run cdk -w layers -- synth --context PowertoolsPackageVersion=${{ inputs.latest_published_version }} -o cdk.out
       - name: Zip output
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-run-linting-check-and-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-run-linting-check-and-unit-tests.yml
index 8edb8c6aca..65f53b6d57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-run-linting-check-and-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-run-linting-check-and-unit-tests.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           cache: "npm"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
         with:
           nodeVersion: ${{ matrix.version }}
       - name: Run linting
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
           cache: "npm"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: Run linting
         run: npm run lint
       - name: Run tests
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
           cache: "npm"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: Run linting
         run: npm run lint -w layers
       - name: Run tests
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
           cache: "npm"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: Run linting
         run: npm run lint -w examples/snippets
   check-docs:
@@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
           cache: "npm"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: Run linting
         run: npm run lint:markdown
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_layer_stack.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_layer_stack.yml
index 907475d8cd..25fe2ccbdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_layer_stack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_layer_stack.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "20"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: Download artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
index 1bcfdcbb7e..15eae8f37d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "20"
           cache: "npm"
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@39cd14951b08e74b54015e9e001cdefcf80e669f # v5.1.1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
index 76bee15be5..6a626f975d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: '20'
       - name: Setup dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-node-modules
+        uses: aws-powertools/actions/.github/actions/cached-node-modules@d406bac5563f1d8c793519a3eedfe620f6a14872
         with:
           nodeVersion: '20'
       - name: Setup AWS credentials