diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2283482..e9540b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           install: true
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
         with:
           submodules: true
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           BUILD_ARGS: "--load"
 
       - name: Publish Artifacts to GitHub
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b2256b8c012f0828dc542b3febcab082c67f72b # v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4
         with:
           name: output
           path: _output/**
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yml b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
index d3acb0a..eb4c74d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
 
       - name: Create Tag
         uses: negz/create-tag@39bae1e0932567a58c20dea5a1a0d18358503320 # v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml b/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml
index 23d2dad..a8d64c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ jobs:
     name: runner / yamllint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
       - name: yamllint
-        uses: reviewdog/action-yamllint@4e4ba96d03a0e12a0e71c29e5fef1db309d09201 # v1.18.0
+        uses: reviewdog/action-yamllint@e09f07780388032a624e9eb44a23fd1bbb4052cc # v1.19.0
         with:
           reporter: github-pr-review
           filter_mode: nofilter
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3de5f87..5a4c0c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ the application code. In our example here we simply create the claims directly:
 
 Create a custom defined cluster:
 ```console
-kubectl apply -f examples/cluster-claim.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/upbound/platform-ref-azure/main/examples/cluster-claim.yaml
 ```
 
 Create a custom defined database:
 ```console
-kubectl apply -f examples/mariadb-claim.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/upbound/platform-ref-azure/main/examples/mariadb-claim.yaml
 ```
 
 **NOTE**: The database abstraction relies on the cluster claim to be ready - it
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ uses the same network to have connectivity with the AKS cluster.
 Now deploy the sample application:
 
 ```
-kubectl apply -f examples/app-claim.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/upbound/platform-ref-azure/main/examples/app-claim.yaml
 ```
 
 **NOTE**: application has a strong dependency on mariadb type of the database
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ crossplane beta trace cluster.aws.platformref.upbound.io/platform-ref-aws
 To delete the provisioned resources you would simply delete the claims again:
 
 ```console
-kubectl delete -f examples/cluster-claim.yaml,examples/mariadb-claim.yaml,examples/app-claim.yaml
+kubectl delete -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/upbound/platform-ref-azure/main/examples/cluster-claim.yaml,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/upbound/platform-ref-azure/main/examples/mariadb-claim.yaml,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/upbound/platform-ref-azure/main/examples/app-claim.yaml
 ```
 
 To uninstall the provider & platform configuration:
diff --git a/crossplane.yaml b/crossplane.yaml
index 4f31ed0..b98d57d 100644
--- a/crossplane.yaml
+++ b/crossplane.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
       version: "v0.9.0"
     - configuration: xpkg.upbound.io/upbound/configuration-azure-aks
       # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=upbound/configuration-azure-aks
-      version: "v0.8.0"
+      version: "v0.9.0"
     - configuration: xpkg.upbound.io/upbound/configuration-azure-database
       # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=upbound/configuration-azure-database
       version: "v0.12.0"