diff --git a/config/defaults.json b/config/defaults.json
index 05c82c71..bf6c7ed9 100644
--- a/config/defaults.json
+++ b/config/defaults.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "machine_type": "e2-highcpu-16",
     "runner_scaling": "manual",
     "scale_down": 1,
-    "arc_version": "v0.26.0",
-    "helm_version": "0.21.1"
+    "arc_version": "v0.27.0",
+    "helm_version": "0.21.1",
+    "actions_runner_version": "ubuntu:22.04"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/decrease-runners.sh b/scripts/decrease-runners.sh
index de893919..f66884a9 100755
--- a/scripts/decrease-runners.sh
+++ b/scripts/decrease-runners.sh
@@ -76,26 +76,26 @@ case $ARCH in
   ;;
 esac
 # the specific template
-cp $SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+cp $SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml runners-stream-ci.yaml
 
-IMAGE_SHA=$(wget -q -O- https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/summerwind/actions-runner/tags | jq --arg os $OS --arg arch $ARCH '.results | map(select(.name="latest")) | .[0].images | map(select(.os==$os and .architecture==$arch)) | .[0].digest' | sed 's/\"//g')
-if [ "$IMAGE_SHA" == "" ]; then
-  IMAGE_SHA="latest"
+ARC_RUNNER_VER=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream-apps-gh-runners "actions_runner_version")
+if [ "$ARC_RUNNER_VER" == "" ]; then
+  ARC_RUNNER_VER=latest
 fi
-sed -i 's/tag-placeholder/'"$IMAGE_SHA"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+sed -i 's/tag-placeholder/'"$ARC_RUNNER_VER"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 if [ "$SCALING" == "auto" ]; then
   MAX_RUNNERS=$((MAX_RUNNERS - DEC))
   echo "Runners: changing scaling min: $MIN_RUNNERS, max: $MAX_RUNNERS"
-  sed -i 's/max-replicas-placeholder/'"$MAX_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
-  sed -i 's/min-replicas-placeholder/'"$MIN_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  sed -i 's/max-replicas-placeholder/'"$MAX_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
+  sed -i 's/min-replicas-placeholder/'"$MIN_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 else
   echo "Runners:$CURRENT decrease by $DEC to $TARGET"
-  sed -i 's/replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  sed -i 's/replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 fi
-cmp --silent "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml" runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+cmp --silent "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml" runners-stream-ci.yaml
 RC=$?
 if ((RC != 0)); then
-  kubectl apply -f runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  kubectl apply -f runners-stream-ci.yaml
   echo "Runners: changed to $RUNNERS"
   if [ "$SCALING" != "auto" ]; then
     $SCDIR/wait-k8s.sh 1 --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m pod -l runner-deployment-name=runners-stream-ci --all-namespaces=true
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@ if ((RC != 0)); then
 else
   echo "Runners: unchanged"
 fi
-rm -f runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+rm -f runners-stream-ci.yaml
 $SCDIR/check-runners.sh
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-gh-runners.sh b/scripts/deploy-gh-runners.sh
index c8904d86..193ff6e5 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-gh-runners.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-gh-runners.sh
@@ -102,13 +102,27 @@ else
   $SCDIR/wait-deployment.sh $SVC $NS
 fi
 echo "Creating runners"
-kubectl apply -f "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml"
+ARC_VER=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream-apps-gh-runners "arc_version")
+ARC_RUNNER_VER=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream-apps-gh-runners "actions_runner_version")
+if [ "$ARC_RUNNER_VER" == "" ]; then
+  ARC_RUNNER_VER=latest
+fi
+SCALING=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream-apps-gh-runners runner_scaling)
+cp $SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml runners-stream-ci.yaml
+sed -i 's/tag-placeholder/'"$ARC_RUNNER_VER"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
+echo "actions runner version = $ARC_RUNNER_VER"
+cmp --silent "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml" runners-stream-ci.yaml
+RC=$?
+if ((RC != 0)); then
+  echo "Expected changes to $SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml"
+  cat runners-stream-ci.yaml
+fi
+kubectl apply -f runners-stream-ci.yaml
 SCALING=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream-apps-gh-runners "runner_scaling")
 if [ "$SCALING" == "" ] || [ "$SCALING" == "null" ]; then
   echo "Cannot determine runner_scaling"
   exit 2
 fi
-kubectl apply -f "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}.yaml"
 if [ "$SCALING" != "auto" ]; then
   $SCDIR/wait-k8s.sh 1 --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m pod -l runner-deployment-name=runners-stream-ci
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/increase-runners.sh b/scripts/increase-runners.sh
index bdde1ddf..0c294bf4 100755
--- a/scripts/increase-runners.sh
+++ b/scripts/increase-runners.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ INC=$1
 # shellcheck disable=SC2003
 MAX_RUNNERS=$2
 SCALING=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream-apps-gh-runners runner_scaling)
-cp $SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+cp $SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml runners-stream-ci.yaml
 
 if [ "$SCALING" == "auto" ]; then
   if [ "$MAX_RUNNERS" == "" ]; then
@@ -80,24 +80,25 @@ case $ARCH in
   echo "Architecture:$ARCH may not be supported by summerwind/actions-runner"
   ;;
 esac
-IMAGE_SHA=$(wget -q -O- https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/summerwind/actions-runner/tags | jq --arg os $OS --arg arch $ARCH '.results | map(select(.name="latest")) | .[0].images | map(select(.os==$os and .architecture==$arch)) | .[0].digest' | sed 's/\"//g')
-if [ "$IMAGE_SHA" == "" ]; then
-  IMAGE_SHA="latest"
+
+ARC_RUNNER_VER=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream-apps-gh-runners "actions_runner_version")
+if [ "$ARC_RUNNER_VER" == "" ]; then
+  ARC_RUNNER_VER=latest
 fi
-sed -i 's/tag-placeholder/'"$IMAGE_SHA"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+sed -i 's/tag-placeholder/'"$ARC_RUNNER_VER"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 if [ "$SCALING" == "auto" ]; then
   echo "Runners: changing scaling min: $MIN_RUNNERS, max: $MAX_RUNNERS"
-  sed -i 's/max-replicas-placeholder/'"$MAX_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
-  sed -i 's/min-replicas-placeholder/'"$MIN_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  sed -i 's/max-replicas-placeholder/'"$MAX_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
+  sed -i 's/min-replicas-placeholder/'"$MIN_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 else
   echo "Runners:$CURRENT increase by $INC to $TARGET"
-  sed -i 's/replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  sed -i 's/replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 fi
-
-cmp --silent "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml" runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+echo "actions runner version = $ARC_RUNNER_VER"
+cmp --silent "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml" runners-stream-ci.yaml
 RC=$?
 if ((RC != 0)); then
-  kubectl apply -f runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  kubectl apply -f runners-stream-ci.yaml
   echo "Runners: changes applied"
   if [ "$SCALING" != "auto" ]; then
     $SCDIR/wait-k8s.sh 1 --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m pod -l runner-deployment-name=runners-stream-ci --all-namespaces=true
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto-template.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto-template.yaml
index acbb33e8..3992bbad 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto-template.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto-template.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
-      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind'
+      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto.yaml
index d9827c65..7825a2fe 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-auto.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
-      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:latest'
+      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large-template.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large-template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4212085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large-template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+apiVersion: actions.summerwind.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: RunnerDeployment
+metadata:
+  name: runners-stream-ci-large
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
+      priorityClassName: high-priority
+      dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
+      imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: stream-metadata-default
+      repository: spring-cloud/stream-applications
+      githubAPICredentialsFrom:
+        secretRef:
+          name: controller-manager-secret
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: "3000m"
+          memory: "3Gi"
+      labels:
+        - stream-ci-large
+---
+apiVersion: actions.summerwind.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: HorizontalRunnerAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  name: runners-stream-ci-large-scaling
+spec:
+  githubAPICredentialsFrom:
+    secretRef:
+      name: controller-manager-secret
+  minReplicas: 0
+  maxReplicas: 2
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    kind: RunnerDeployment
+    name: runners-stream-ci-large
+  scaleUpTriggers:
+    - githubEvent:
+        workflowJob: {}
+      duration: "20m"
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml
index bcfa5883..b4212085 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-large.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
-      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:latest'
+      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual-template.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual-template.yaml
index 843c7b23..aae7b6c3 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual-template.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual-template.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ spec:
   replicas: replicas-placeholder
   template:
     spec:
-      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:latest'
+      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual.yaml b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual.yaml
index 667815cb..8bb0d4d8 100644
--- a/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual.yaml
+++ b/scripts/k8s/runners-stream-ci-manual.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ spec:
   replicas: 2
   template:
     spec:
-      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:latest'
+      image: 'summerwind/actions-runner-dind:tag-placeholder'
       dockerdWithinRunnerContainer: true
       priorityClassName: high-priority
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/scripts/limit-runners.sh b/scripts/limit-runners.sh
index ca6aee57..1d80915f 100755
--- a/scripts/limit-runners.sh
+++ b/scripts/limit-runners.sh
@@ -41,29 +41,30 @@ case $ARCH in
   echo "Architecture:$ARCH may not be supported by summerwind/actions-runner"
   ;;
 esac
-IMAGE_SHA=$(wget -q -O- https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/summerwind/actions-runner/tags | jq --arg os $OS --arg arch $ARCH '.results | map(select(.name="latest")) | .[0].images | map(select(.os==$os and .architecture==$arch)) | .[0].digest' | sed 's/\"//g')
-if [ "$IMAGE_SHA" == "" ]; then
-  IMAGE_SHA="latest"
-fi
+
 SCALING=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream_apps_gh_runners runner_scaling)
-cp $SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
-sed -i 's/tag-placeholder/'"$IMAGE_SHA"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+cp $SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml runners-stream-ci.yaml
+ARC_RUNNER_VER=$($SCDIR/determine-default.sh stream-apps-gh-runners "actions_runner_version")
+if [ "$ARC_RUNNER_VER" == "" ]; then
+  ARC_RUNNER_VER=latest
+fi
+sed -i 's/tag-placeholder/'"$ARC_RUNNER_VER"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 if [ "$SCALING" == "auto" ]; then
   if [ "$MAX_RUNNERS" == "" ]; then
     MAX_RUNNERS=$(max_replicas)
   fi
   echo "Runners: Max runners to $MAX_RUNNERS"
   echo "Runners: changing scaling min: $TARGET, max: $MAX_RUNNERS"
-  sed -i 's/max-replicas-placeholder/'"$MAX_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
-  sed -i 's/min-replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  sed -i 's/max-replicas-placeholder/'"$MAX_RUNNERS"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
+  sed -i 's/min-replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 else
   echo "Runners:$CURRENT change to $TARGET"
-  sed -i 's/replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  sed -i 's/replicas-placeholder/'"$TARGET"'/g' runners-stream-ci.yaml
 fi
-cmp --silent "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml" runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+cmp --silent "$SCDIR/k8s/runners-stream-ci-${SCALING}-template.yaml" runners-stream-ci.yaml
 RC=$?
 if ((RC != 0)); then
-  kubectl apply -f runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+  kubectl apply -f runners-stream-ci.yaml
   echo "Runners: applying changes"
 #  if [ "$SCALING" != "auto" ]; then
 #    $SCDIR/wait-k8s.sh 1 --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m pod -l runner-deployment-name=runners-stream-ci --all-namespaces=true
@@ -71,5 +72,5 @@ if ((RC != 0)); then
 else
   echo "Runners:no changes required"
 fi
-rm -f runners-stream-ci-change.yaml
+rm -f runners-stream-ci.yaml
 $SCDIR/check-runners.sh