diff --git a/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yaml b/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yaml
index 337231539f6..75404f47b43 100644
--- a/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ inputs:
     description: "Compute test fixture fingerprints"
     required: true
     default: "true"
+  tools:
+    description: "whether to install tools"
+    default: "true"
   bootstrap-apt-packages:
     description: "Space delimited list of tools to install via apt"
     default: "libxml2-utils"
@@ -41,11 +44,13 @@ runs:
     - name: Restore tool cache
       id: tool-cache
       uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3.3.2
+      if: inputs.tools == 'true'
       with:
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.tool
         key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ runner.os }}-tool-${{ hashFiles('.binny.yaml') }}
 
     - name: Install project tools
+      if: inputs.tools == 'true'
       shell: bash
       run: make tools
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-anchore-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/update-anchore-dependencies.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf0a90939a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-anchore-dependencies.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: PR to update Anchore dependencies
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      repos:
+        description: "List of dependencies to update"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'anchore' # only run for main repo (not forks)
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 #v4.2.1
+
+      - name: Bootstrap environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
+        with:
+          tools: false
+          bootstrap-apt-packages: ""
+
+      - name: Update dependencies
+        id: update
+        uses: anchore/workflows/.github/actions/update-go-dependencies@main
+        with:
+          repos: ${{ github.event.inputs.repos }}
+
+      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@3beb63f4bd073e61482598c45c71c1019b59b73a #v2.1.0
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f #v7.0.5
+        with:
+          signoff: true
+          delete-branch: true
+          draft: ${{ steps.update.outputs.draft }}
+          # do not change this branch, as other workflows depend on it
+          branch: auto/integration
+          labels: dependencies,pre-release
+          commit-message: "chore(deps): update anchore dependencies"
+          title: "chore(deps): update anchore dependencies"
+          body: ${{ steps.update.outputs.summary }}
+          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-syft-release.yml b/.github/workflows/update-syft-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d2d2b41aec..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-syft-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-name: PR for latest Syft release
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 8 * * *" # 3 AM EST
-
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.21.x"
-  GO_STABLE_VERSION: true
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  upgrade-syft:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'anchore/grype' # only run for main repo
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@41dfa10bad2bb2ae585af6ee5bb4d7d973ad74ed # v5.1.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-          stable: ${{ env.GO_STABLE_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Get latest Syft version
-        id: latest-version
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: |
-          LATEST_VERSION=$(gh release view --json name -q '.name' -R anchore/syft)
-
-          # update go.mod
-          go get github.com/anchore/syft@$LATEST_VERSION
-          go mod tidy
-
-          # export the version for use with create-pull-request
-          echo "LATEST_VERSION=$LATEST_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@3beb63f4bd073e61482598c45c71c1019b59b73a # v2.1.0
-        id: generate-token
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # v7.0.5
-        with:
-          signoff: true
-          delete-branch: true
-          branch: auto/latest-syft
-          labels: dependencies
-          commit-message: "chore(deps): update Syft to ${{ steps.latest-version.outputs.LATEST_VERSION }}"
-          title: "chore(deps): update Syft to ${{ steps.latest-version.outputs.LATEST_VERSION }}"
-          body: |
-            Update Syft to ${{ steps.latest-version.outputs.LATEST_VERSION }}
-          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}