diff --git a/.github/actions/cache/action.yml b/.github/actions/cache/action.yml
index 8a5c53a1394..591bb67e669 100644
--- a/.github/actions/cache/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/cache/action.yml
@@ -3,18 +3,22 @@ description: "This action caches neovim dependencies"
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - run: echo "CACHE_KEY=${{ github.workflow }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - run: echo "CACHE_KEY=${GITHUB_WORKFLOW}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       shell: bash
 
-    - run: echo "CACHE_KEY=${{ github.job }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - run: echo "CACHE_KEY=${GITHUB_JOB}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       shell: bash
 
     - if: ${{ matrix }}
-      run: echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY-${{ join(matrix.*, '-') }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      env:
+        MATRIX_JOIN: ${{ join(matrix.*, '-') }}
+      run: echo "CACHE_KEY=${CACHE_KEY}-${MATRIX_JOIN}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       shell: bash
 
     - if: ${{ matrix.build }}
-      run: echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY-${{ join(matrix.build.*, '-') }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      env:
+        MATRIX_JOIN: ${{ join(matrix.build.*, '-') }}
+      run: echo "CACHE_KEY=${CACHE_KEY}-${MATRIX_JOIN}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       shell: bash
 
     - id: image
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index dfa3101abc2..b3b1d158456 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ runs:
       shell: pwsh
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: ./.github/scripts/install_deps.sh ${{ inputs.install_flags }}
+      env:
+        INSTALL_FLAGS: ${{ inputs.install_flags }}
+      run: ./.github/scripts/install_deps.sh ${INSTALL_FLAGS}
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 215a2e2ef91..31708b84fe6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ steps.backport.outputs.was_successful == 'true' }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: gh pr merge --rebase --auto ${{ steps.backport.outputs.created_pull_numbers }}
+          CREATED_PULL_NUMBERS: ${{ steps.backport.outputs.created_pull_numbers }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr merge --rebase --auto "${CREATED_PULL_NUMBERS}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/news.yml b/.github/workflows/news.yml
index 56be287eac4..f14be086512 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/news.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/news.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: news.txt needs to be updated
+        env:
+          PULL_REQUEST_COMMITS: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}
         run: |
-          for commit in $(git rev-list HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}..HEAD); do
+          for commit in $(git rev-list "HEAD~${PULL_REQUEST_COMMITS}..HEAD"); do
             message=$(git log -n1 --pretty=format:%s $commit)
             type="$(echo "$message" | sed -E 's|([[:alpha:]]+)(\(.*\))?!?:.*|\1|')"
             breaking="$(echo "$message" | sed -E 's|[[:alpha:]]+(\(.*\))?!:.*|breaking-change|')"
             if [[ "$type" == "feat" ]] || [[ "$type" == "perf" ]] || [[ "$breaking" == "breaking-change" ]]; then
-              ! git diff HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}..HEAD --quiet runtime/doc/news.txt runtime/doc/deprecated.txt ||
+              ! git diff "HEAD~${PULL_REQUEST_COMMITS}..HEAD" --quiet runtime/doc/news.txt runtime/doc/deprecated.txt ||
               {
                 echo "
                   Pull request includes a new feature, performance improvement
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 76440c1ebc7..4e8af287073 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -65,10 +65,17 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - run: ./.github/scripts/install_deps.sh
       - run: sudo apt-get install -y libfuse2
-      - run: echo "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ needs.setup.outputs.build_type }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - run: echo "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        env:
+          CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.build_type }}
+
       - name: appimage
+        env:
+          APPIMAGE_TAG: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.appimage_tag }}
         run:  |
-          ./scripts/genappimage.sh ${{ needs.setup.outputs.appimage_tag }}
+          ./scripts/genappimage.sh "${APPIMAGE_TAG}"
+
       - name: tar.gz
         run: cpack --config build/CPackConfig.cmake -G TGZ
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ jobs:
             arch: arm64
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     env:
+      CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.build_type }}
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 11.0
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -116,13 +124,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build deps
         run: |
           cmake -S cmake.deps -B .deps -G Ninja \
-            -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ needs.setup.outputs.build_type }} \
+            -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" \
             -D CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK=NEVER
           cmake --build .deps
       - name: Build neovim
         run: |
           cmake -B build -G Ninja \
-            -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ needs.setup.outputs.build_type }} \
+            -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" \
             -D ENABLE_LIBINTL=OFF \
             -D CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK=NEVER
           cmake --build build
@@ -147,6 +155,8 @@ jobs:
             arch: arm64
             archive_name: nvim-win-arm64
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    env:
+      CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.build_type }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
@@ -162,12 +172,14 @@ jobs:
           Expand-Archive -Path "wix314-binaries.zip" -DestinationPath "C:/wix"
           echo "C:\wix" >> $env:GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Build deps
+        shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          cmake -S cmake.deps -B .deps -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ needs.setup.outputs.build_type }}
+          cmake -S cmake.deps -B .deps -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${env:CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}"
           cmake --build .deps
       - name: Build package
+        shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          cmake -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ needs.setup.outputs.build_type }}
+          cmake -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${env:CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}"
           cmake --build build --target package
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
@@ -199,25 +211,31 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gettext-base
 
       - if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-        run: echo "TAG_NAME=${{ github.event.inputs.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        env:
+          TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag_name }}
+        run: echo "TAG_NAME=${TAG_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
         run: echo 'TAG_NAME=nightly' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - if: github.event_name == 'push'
         run: |
-          TAG_NAME=${{ github.ref }}
-          echo "TAG_NAME=${TAG_NAME#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - if: env.TAG_NAME == 'nightly'
         run: |
           (echo 'SUBJECT=Nvim development (prerelease) build';
            echo 'PRERELEASE=--prerelease') >> $GITHUB_ENV
           gh release delete nightly --yes || true
           git push origin :nightly || true
+
       - if: env.TAG_NAME != 'nightly'
         run: |
           (echo 'SUBJECT=Nvim release build';
            echo 'PRERELEASE=') >> $GITHUB_ENV
           gh release delete stable --yes || true
           git push origin :stable || true
+
       - name: Publish release
         env:
           NVIM_VERSION: ${{ needs.linux.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 578669c3380..9402bfa2520 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ jobs:
       - if: "!cancelled()"
         name: Determine if run should be aborted
         id: abort_job
-        run: echo "status=${{ job.status }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          JOB_STATUS: ${{ job.status }}
+        run: echo "status=${JOB_STATUS}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - if: success() || failure() && steps.abort_job.outputs.status == 'success'
         name: stylua
@@ -175,13 +177,17 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake -E rm -rf -- .git
 
       - name: Build third-party deps
+        env:
+          BUILD_DEPS_FLAGS: ${{ matrix.build.deps_flags }}
         run: |
-          cmake -S cmake.deps --preset ci -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${{ matrix.build.deps_flags }}
+          cmake -S cmake.deps --preset ci -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug $BUILD_DEPS_FLAGS
           cmake --build .deps
 
       - name: Build
+        env:
+          BUILD_FLAGS: ${{ matrix.build.flags }}
         run: |
-          cmake --preset ci -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$INSTALL_PREFIX ${{ matrix.build.flags }}
+          cmake --preset ci -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$INSTALL_PREFIX $BUILD_FLAGS
           cmake --build build
 
       - if: ${{ matrix.test == 'unittest' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/test_windows.yml
index 5bc9de73b15..aac8480e78c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_windows.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ jobs:
           cmake --build .deps
 
       - name: Build
+        env:
+          BUILD_FLAGS: ${{ inputs.build_flags }}
         run: |
-          cmake --preset ci -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='RelWithDebInfo' ${{ inputs.build_flags }}
+          cmake --preset ci -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='RelWithDebInfo' $env:BUILD_FLAGS
           cmake --build build
 
       - name: Install test deps