diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
index 197982a7c6..6efe2a0e27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     outputs:
       images: ${{ steps.extract-images.outputs.images }}
-      paths: ${{ fromJSON(needs.changed-clusters.outputs.matrix) }}
+      paths: ${{ needs.changed-clusters.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
       - name: Configure 1password
         uses: 1password/load-secrets-action/configure@v2
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ jobs:
             "aqua:siderolabs/talos" = "latest"
 
       - name: Pre-pull Image
-        run: talosctl -n $NODE_IP image pull ${{ matrix.images }}
+        run: |
+          NODE=$(talosctl config info --output json | jq --raw-output '.nodes[]' | shuf -n 1)
+          talosctl -n $NODE image pull ${{ matrix.images }}
 
   # Summarize matrix https://github.community/t/status-check-for-a-matrix-jobs/127354/7
   pre-pull-images-success:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schemas.yaml b/.github/workflows/schemas.yaml
index 8ca933aec9..d69ad2cf39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/schemas.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schemas.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BOT_APP_ID: op://Kubernetes/github-bot/BOT_APP_ID
           BOT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY: op://Kubernetes/github-bot/BOT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY
-          KUBECONFIG: op://Kubernetes/kubernetes/KUBECONFIG_BASE64
+          KUBECONFIG: op://Kubernetes/kubernetes/KUBECONFIG
           CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN: op://Kubernetes/cloudflare/CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN_GHA
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: op://Kubernetes/cloudflare/CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG
 
@@ -61,14 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 18.x
-
-      - name: Write kubeconfig
-        id: kubeconfig
-        uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1
-        with:
-          encodedString: ${{ env.KUBECONFIG }}
-          fileName: kubeconfig
+          node-version: 20.x
 
       - name: Download and run crd-extractor
         env:
diff --git a/kubernetes/main/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set/app/helmrelease.yaml b/kubernetes/main/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set/app/helmrelease.yaml
index 972f260a39..e13fe22767 100644
--- a/kubernetes/main/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set/app/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/main/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set/app/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
     runnerScaleSetName: gha-runner-scale-set
     githubConfigUrl: https://github.com/joryirving/home-ops
     minRunners: 1
-    maxRunners: 10
+    maxRunners: 6
     containerMode:
       type: dind
     template: