diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f2799a4..8d3fbd6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -32,16 +32,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4.4.1
-
-      - uses: docker/login-action@v4.6.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@f87e5991a6d7451dcb8d9637bfbc97413f497069 # v4.4.1
+      - uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4.6.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: docker/metadata-action@v6.2.0
+      - uses: docker/metadata-action@dc802804100637a589fabce1cb79ff13a1411302 # v6.2.0
         id: meta
         with:
           images: ghcr.io/drumandbytes/github-actions-runner-exporter
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
             type=semver,pattern={{version}}
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
 
-      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7.4.0
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@c3c9e263c25d99ce0380d002d59b67737d91b0dc # v7.4.0
         id: build
         with:
           context: .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 049e0dd..199404c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+# Read-only token; no job here writes to the repo or reads other scopes.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     uses: drumandbytes/reusable-actions/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml@v1
@@ -30,10 +34,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4.4.1
-
-      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7.4.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@f87e5991a6d7451dcb8d9637bfbc97413f497069 # v4.4.1
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@c3c9e263c25d99ce0380d002d59b67737d91b0dc # v7.4.0
         with:
           context: .
           load: true
@@ -58,12 +63,17 @@ jobs:
             -sS -f -o /dev/null http://localhost:9222/healthz
           docker rm -f smoke-test
 
+  # Audit of this repo's own workflows; accepted findings are in
+  # .github/zizmor.yml.
+  zizmor:
+    uses: drumandbytes/reusable-actions/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml@v1
+
   # Single stable name for the org's required-status-check ruleset to point
   # at, regardless of how the real jobs above are split or renamed.
   required-checks-passed:
     name: Required checks passed
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [lint, smoke-test]
+    needs: [lint, smoke-test, zizmor]
     if: always()
     steps:
       - if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
diff --git a/.github/zizmor.yml b/.github/zizmor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5455cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/zizmor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# zizmor configuration, read by the zizmor job in validate.yml. Anything accepted
+# here is accepted on purpose -- each entry says why.
+
+rules:
+  unpinned-uses:
+    config:
+      policies:
+        # GitHub's own and the org's actions stay on tags (Dependabot moves
+        # them); third-party actions are SHA-pinned.
+        "actions/*": ref-pin
+        "drumandbytes/*": ref-pin
+        "*": hash-pin
+
+  dangerous-triggers:
+    ignore:
+      # workflow_run so Dependabot PRs get a token that can merge; never
+      # checks out PR code.
+      - auto-merge.yml