diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-labels.yml
index 49f5f27..36c23c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-labels.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,19 @@ jobs:
   is-properly-labeled:
     if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+      issues: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       - name: Install requests
         run: pip install requests
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Process commit and find merger responsible for labeling
         id: commit
-        run: echo "::set-output name=merger::$(python .github/verify_labels.py ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }})"
+        run: |
+          MERGER=$(python .github/verify_labels.py ${{ github.event.pull_request.number  }})
+          echo "merger=${MERGER}" | tee --append $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Comment PR
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         if: ${{ steps.commit.outputs.merger != '' }}
@@ -24,4 +29,9 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
             const { issue: { number: issue_number }, repo: { owner, repo }  } = context;
-            github.issues.createComment({ issue_number, owner, repo, body: 'Hey ${{ steps.commit.outputs.merger }} 👋\nYou merged this PR, but it is not correctly labeled. The list of valid labels is available at https://github.com/quack-ai/companion/blob/main/.github/verify_labels.py' });
+            github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              issue_number,
+              owner,
+              repo,
+              body: 'Hey ${{ steps.commit.outputs.merger }} 👋\nYou merged this PR, but it is not correctly labeled. The list of valid labels is available at https://github.com/quack-ai/contribution-api/blob/main/.github/verify_labels.py'
+            });
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index d029f39..1ac699c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           docker push $IMAGE_ID:latest
 
   deploy-dev:
-    needs: dockerhub
+    needs: docker
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           script: |
             docker pull quackai/contribution-api:latest
             docker rmi -f $(docker images -f "dangling=true" -q)
-            cd devops && docker compose stop backend && docker compose up -d && docker compose exec backend alembic upgrade head
+            cd devops && docker compose stop backend && docker compose up -d --wait && docker compose exec backend alembic upgrade head
             docker inspect -f '{{ .Created }}' $(docker compose images -q backend)
       - name: Ping server
         env: