diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
index cb52e6d..73504bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - 'feature/**'
-      - 'release/**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
-      - 'release/**'
     types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened ]
 
 jobs:
@@ -17,7 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     name: SonarQube Analysis
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions: write-all
-
     steps:
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -52,33 +48,13 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install pytest pytest-cov
-      
-      - name: ⬇️ Setup Node.js 18
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-
-      - name: 📥 Setup SonarScanner
-        uses: warchant/setup-sonar-scanner@v7
 
       - name: 🧪 Run Tests with Pytest
         run: |
           pytest tests --junitxml=pytest.xml --cov=ingestor --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term
 
-      - name: 📊 Run SonarQube Analysis
+      - name: Run SonarQube Analysis
+        uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@v5
         env:
-          SONAR_PROJECT_KEY: ${{ secrets.SONAR_PROJECT_KEY }}
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ secrets.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          sonar-scanner \
-            -Dsonar.projectKey=$SONAR_PROJECT_KEY \
-            -Dsonar.sources=ingestor \
-            -Dsonar.tests=tests \
-            -Dsonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.xml \
-            -Dsonar.python.xunit.reportPath=pytest.xml \
-            -Dsonar.host.url=$SONAR_HOST_URL \
-            -Dsonar.token=$SONAR_TOKEN \
-            -Dsonar.python.version=3.11 \
-            -Dsonar.projectVersion=1.2.0 \
-            -Dsonar.coverage.exclusions=ingestor/app.py
+          SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ secrets.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e65fac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+sonar.projectKey=Aignosi_sientia-dataops-opc-ingestor_7a3d9693-a2bf-4699-bd82-df68d9a854f3
+sonar.projectName=sientia-dataops-opc-ingestor
+sonar.sources=ingestor
+sonar.tests=tests
+sonar.qualitygate.wait=true
+sonar.qualitygate.timeout=300
+sonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.xml
+sonar.python.xunit.reportPath=pytest.xml
+sonar.python.version=3.11
+sonar.projectVersion=1.2.0
+sonar.coverage.exclusions=ingestor/app.py