diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index 76be3fa6..08e38cd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -27,16 +27,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: use VERSION file to support dev build on rel-branch
         id: version
         run: |
-          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "pull_request" ]; then
-            echo "VERSION=today" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "VERSION=$(cat VERSION)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
+          echo "VERSION=$(cat VERSION)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   build:
     needs: [set_version]
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.action != 'closed' }}
-    uses: gardenlinux/gardenlinux/.github/workflows/build.yml@5282bd31155e6ce2dc6c1b62b72caf662e198f74
+    uses: gardenlinux/gardenlinux/.github/workflows/build.yml@3d56ba627f7f471e64f36608ffbc84a441d309d9
     with:
       version: ${{ needs.set_version.outputs.VERSION }}
       # to set target to "release" or "nightly" we need proper KMS secrets
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
index e1e477cc..781fd9bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
   build:
     needs: [checkout]
-    uses: gardenlinux/gardenlinux/.github/workflows/build.yml@5282bd31155e6ce2dc6c1b62b72caf662e198f74
+    uses: gardenlinux/gardenlinux/.github/workflows/build.yml@3d56ba627f7f471e64f36608ffbc84a441d309d9
     with:
       version: ${{ inputs.version || 'now' }}
       # to set target to "release" or "nightly" we need proper KMS secrets
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Run glcli to publish to OCI
     needs: [build]
     # use custom upload_oci.yml as we do not sign the images
-    # uses: gardenlinux/gardenlinux/.github/workflows/upload_oci.yml@5282bd31155e6ce2dc6c1b62b72caf662e198f74
+    # uses: gardenlinux/gardenlinux/.github/workflows/upload_oci.yml@3d56ba627f7f471e64f36608ffbc84a441d309d9
     uses: ./.github/workflows/upload_oci.yml
     with:
       version: ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 96761cc5..089ca983 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1877.9.6
+1877.10.1
diff --git a/gardenlinux b/gardenlinux
index 171a5397..3d56ba62 160000
--- a/gardenlinux
+++ b/gardenlinux
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 171a5397058b93b419f5127d6247b0bdb7b1844d
+Subproject commit 3d56ba627f7f471e64f36608ffbc84a441d309d9