diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml b/.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml
index 676b3cf..d1e9c9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-version-bump.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           changed_file "$CHANGELOG_FILE" || { echo "Matching changelog update required in $CHANGELOG_FILE."; exit 1; }
 
           head_version=$(sed -nE 's/.*VERSION\s*=\s*["'"'"']([^"'"'"']+)["'"'"'].*/\1/p' "$VERSION_FILE" | sed -n '1p')
-          CHANGELOG_HEAD=$(sed -nE 's/^## v?([^[:space:]]+).*/\1/p' "$CHANGELOG_FILE" | head -1)
+          CHANGELOG_HEAD=$(sed -nE 's/^## v?\[?([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/p' "$CHANGELOG_FILE" | head -1)
 
           [ -n "$CHANGELOG_HEAD" ] || { echo "::error::Could not find a top changelog heading like '## vX.Y.Z' in $CHANGELOG_FILE."; exit 1; }
           [ "$CHANGELOG_HEAD" = "$head_version" ] || { echo "::error::$CHANGELOG_FILE top version ($CHANGELOG_HEAD) does not match project version ($head_version)."; exit 1; }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issues-jira.yml b/.github/workflows/issues-jira.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bf0469..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/issues-jira.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: Create Jira Ticket for Github Issue
-
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [opened]
-
-jobs:
-  issue-jira:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-
-      - name: Login to Jira
-        uses: atlassian/gajira-login@master
-        env:
-          JIRA_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_BASE_URL }}
-          JIRA_USER_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER_EMAIL }}
-          JIRA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.JIRA_API_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Create Jira Issue
-        id: create_jira
-        uses: atlassian/gajira-create@master
-        with:
-          project: ${{ secrets.JIRA_PROJECT }}
-          issuetype: ${{ secrets.JIRA_ISSUE_TYPE }}
-          summary: Github | Issue | ${{ github.event.repository.name }} | ${{ github.event.issue.title }}
-          description: |
-            *GitHub Issue:* ${{ github.event.issue.html_url }}
-            
-            *Description:*
-            ${{ github.event.issue.body }}
-          fields: "${{ secrets.ISSUES_JIRA_FIELDS }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-gem.yml b/.github/workflows/release-gem.yml
index 1e388ee..1ac5956 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-gem.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-gem.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-    - name: Set up Ruby 2.7
+    - name: Set up Ruby 3.1
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
-        ruby-version: '2.7'
+        ruby-version: '3.1'
 
     - name: Publish to RubyGems
       run: |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7a4be2..65a1547 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [1.3.0](https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-utils-ruby/tree/v1.3.0) (2026-06-15)
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-utils-ruby/tree/v1.3.0) (2026-06-29)
   - Added `ContentstackUtils::Endpoint.get_contentstack_endpoint` for dynamic endpoint resolution based on region and service.
   - Added `ContentstackUtils.get_contentstack_endpoint` as a backward-compatible proxy.
   - Added `ContentstackUtils::Endpoint.refresh_regions` for manual region metadata refresh.
   - Added runtime fallback to automatically download `regions.json` from the Contentstack Regions Registry when not present locally.
+  - Fixed security vulnerabilities: upgraded yard to 0.9.44 (Directory Traversal) and concurrent-ruby to 1.3.7 (Infinite loop, Improper Locking, Wrap-around Error).
 
 ## [1.2.4](https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-utils-ruby/tree/v1.2.4) (2026-04-15)
   - Fixed Security issues.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cee5d4c..fa72329 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    contentstack_utils (1.2.4)
+    contentstack_utils (1.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.0, < 8)
       nokogiri (~> 1.19, >= 1.19.2)
 
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ GEM
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 8.0)
     base64 (0.3.0)
     benchmark (0.5.0)
-    bigdecimal (4.1.2)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.6)
+    bigdecimal (4.1.1)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.7)
     connection_pool (3.0.2)
     crack (1.0.1)
       bigdecimal
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec (~> 3.13)
   simplecov (~> 0.22)
   webmock (~> 3.23)
-  yard (~> 0.9.38)
+  yard (>= 0.9.44)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.5.22
diff --git a/contentstack_utils.gemspec b/contentstack_utils.gemspec
index 4b379a1..3c77c2c 100644
--- a/contentstack_utils.gemspec
+++ b/contentstack_utils.gemspec
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.13'
   s.add_development_dependency 'webmock', '~> 3.23'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.22'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.9.38'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'yard', '>= 0.9.44'
 end