diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index cf17767c..9fad5cc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ jobs:
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     -
       name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 #v4.30.9
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@4e94bd11f71e507f7f87df81788dff88d1dacbfb #v4.31.0
       with:
         languages: 'python'
     -
       name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 #v4.30.9
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@4e94bd11f71e507f7f87df81788dff88d1dacbfb #v4.31.0
     -
       name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 #v4.30.9
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@4e94bd11f71e507f7f87df81788dff88d1dacbfb #v4.31.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 085a3cc7..a4ed2a7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           ignore_words_file: .codespellignore
 
       - name: Get editorconfig-checker
-        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@5ecdd656fe347c26f76b1b435b90e1d74fb5e787 # tag v2. is really out of date
+        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@4b6cd6190d435e7e084fb35e36a096e98506f7b9 #v2.1.0
 
       - name: Run editorconfig-checker
         run: editorconfig-checker
diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
index 579309d3..095c0d2d 100755
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,20 @@ utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 
 # Get file paths
 FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.pid)"
+FTL_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.ftl)"
+PIHOLE_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.dnsmasq)"
+WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.webserver)"
+FTL_PID_FILE="${FTL_PID_FILE:-/run/pihole-FTL.pid}"
+FTL_LOG_FILE="${FTL_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/FTL.log}"
+PIHOLE_LOG_FILE="${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/pihole.log}"
+WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE="${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/webserver.log}"
 
 # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit all necessary files
 mkdir -p /var/log/pihole
 chown -R pihole:pihole /etc/pihole/ /var/log/pihole/
 
 # allow all users read version file (and use pihole -v)
+touch /etc/pihole/versions
 chmod 0644 /etc/pihole/versions
 
 # allow pihole to access subdirs in /etc/pihole (sets execution bit on dirs)
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@ chown root:root /etc/pihole/logrotate
 
 # Touch files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
 [ -f "${FTL_PID_FILE}" ] || install -D -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_PID_FILE}"
-[ -f /var/log/pihole/FTL.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/FTL.log
-[ -f /var/log/pihole/pihole.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
-[ -f /var/log/pihole/webserver.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/webserver.log
+[ -f "${FTL_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_LOG_FILE}"
+[ -f "${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE}"
+[ -f "${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE}"
 [ -f /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases ] || install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases
diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 5f7bc89e..0b186472 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ c=70
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_APT=$(
     cat <<EOM
 Package: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.5
+Version: 0.6
 Maintainer: Pi-hole team <adblock@pi-hole.net>
 Architecture: all
 Description: Pi-hole dependency meta package
-Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
+Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,bind9-dnsutils|dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
 Section: contrib/metapackages
 Priority: optional
 EOM
diff --git a/test/requirements.txt b/test/requirements.txt
index 889a9be3..cfbd4915 100644
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ pyyaml == 6.0.3
 pytest == 8.4.2
 pytest-xdist == 3.8.0
 pytest-testinfra == 10.2.2
-tox == 4.31.0
+tox == 4.32.0
 pytest-clarity == 1.0.1