diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
index d066c8b..b694b9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,30 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Generate App Token
+        id: generate-app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: 'Aignosi'
+          repositories: 'sientia-dataops-library,sientia-mlops-library'
+
+      - name: Prepare requirements.txt
+        id: prepare-requirements
+        run: |
+          sed -e "s|git+ssh://git@github.com/|git+https://github.com/|g" \
+              -e "s|git@github.com:|git+https://github.com/|g" \
+              requirements.txt > requirements_prepared.txt
+          echo "PROCESSED_REQUIREMENTS_FILE=requirements_prepared.txt" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Configure Git to use App Token
+        env:
+          GH_APP_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate-app-token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global url."https://oauth2:${GH_APP_TOKEN}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
 
       - name: 🔧 Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -29,20 +53,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles(steps.prepare-requirements.outputs.PROCESSED_REQUIREMENTS_FILE) }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
 
-      - name: Configure SSH
-        uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.9.0
-        with:
-          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Add github.com to known_hosts
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-          ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-
       - name: 📦 Install Development Dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip