diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_comment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ee824b..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/issue_comment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Sync issue comments to JIRA
-
-# This workflow will be triggered when new issue comment is created (including PR comments)
-on: issue_comment
-
-jobs:
-  sync_issue_comments_to_jira:
-    name: Sync Issue Comments to Jira
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - name: Sync issue comments to JIRA
-        uses: espressif/github-actions/sync_issues_to_jira@master
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          JIRA_PASS: ${{ secrets.JIRA_PASS }}
-          JIRA_PROJECT: RDT
-          JIRA_COMPONENT: idf-build-apps
-          JIRA_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_URL }}
-          JIRA_USER: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/new_issues.yml b/.github/workflows/new_issues.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa5d226..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/new_issues.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Sync issues to Jira
-
-# This workflow will be triggered when a new issue is opened
-on: issues
-
-jobs:
-  sync_issues_to_jira:
-    name: Sync issues to Jira
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - name: Sync GitHub issues to Jira project
-        uses: espressif/github-actions/sync_issues_to_jira@master
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          JIRA_PASS: ${{ secrets.JIRA_PASS }}
-          JIRA_PROJECT: RDT
-          JIRA_COMPONENT: idf-build-apps
-          JIRA_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_URL }}
-          JIRA_USER: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/new_prs.yml b/.github/workflows/new_prs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a8a6667..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/new_prs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Sync remain PRs to Jira
-
-# This workflow will be triggered every hour, to sync remaining PRs (i.e. PRs with zero comment) to Jira project
-# Note that, PRs can also get synced when new PR comment is created
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 * * * *"
-
-jobs:
-  sync_prs_to_jira:
-    name: Sync PRs to Jira
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - name: Sync PRs to Jira project
-        uses: espressif/github-actions/sync_issues_to_jira@master
-        with:
-          cron_job: true
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          JIRA_PASS: ${{ secrets.JIRA_PASS }}
-          JIRA_PROJECT: RDT
-          JIRA_COMPONENT: idf-build-apps
-          JIRA_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_URL }}
-          JIRA_USER: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index eb02481..ef3cb97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ name: Publish PyPI
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*'
+      - "v*"
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.7'
+          python-version: "3.7"
       - name: Publish packages
         env:
           FLIT_USERNAME: __token__
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-jira.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-jira.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5fd55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-jira.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# FILE: .github/workflows/sync-jira.yml
+---
+# This GitHub Actions workflow synchronizes GitHub issues, comments, and pull requests with Jira.
+# It triggers on new issues, issue comments, and on a scheduled basis.
+# The workflow uses a custom action to perform the synchronization with Jira (espressif/sync-jira-actions).
+
+name: 🔷 Sync to Jira
+
+run-name: >
+  Sync to Jira -
+  ${{ github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && 'Issue Comment' ||
+      github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'New Pull Requests' ||
+      github.event_name == 'issues' && 'New Issue' ||
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && 'Manual Sync' }}
+
+on:
+  issues: { types: [opened] }
+  issue_comment: { types: [created, edited, deleted] }
+  schedule: [cron: "0 * * * *"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      action:
+        {
+          description: "Action to be performed",
+          required: true,
+          default: "mirror-issues",
+        }
+      issue-numbers:
+        {
+          description: "Issue numbers to sync (comma-separated)",
+          required: true,
+        }
+
+jobs:
+  sync-to-jira:
+    name: >
+      Sync to Jira -
+      ${{ github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && 'Issue Comment' ||
+          github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'New Pull Requests' ||
+          github.event_name == 'issues' && 'New Issue' ||
+          github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && 'Manual Sync' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Run synchronization to Jira
+        uses: espressif/sync-jira-actions@v1
+        with:
+          cron_job: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'true' || '' }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          JIRA_PASS: ${{ secrets.JIRA_PASS }}
+          JIRA_PROJECT: RDT
+          JIRA_COMPONENT: idf-build-apps
+          JIRA_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_URL }}
+          JIRA_USER: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-build-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/test-build-docs.yml
index 0b81fa9..526dc8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-build-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-build-docs.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-build-idf-apps.yml b/.github/workflows/test-build-idf-apps.yml
index 35e60f5..6f15c4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-build-idf-apps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-build-idf-apps.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   build-python-packages:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5