diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-trigger.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0132fac232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport-trigger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The Crossplane Authors <https://crossplane.io>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+name: Backport comment trigger
+
+on: issue_comment
+
+jobs:
+  backport:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.issue.pull_request && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/backport')
+    steps:
+      - name: Extract Command
+        id: command
+        uses: xt0rted/slash-command-action@bf51f8f5f4ea3d58abc7eca58f77104182b23e88 # v2.0.0
+        with:
+          command: backport
+          reaction: "true"
+          reaction-type: "eyes"
+          allow-edits: "false"
+          permission-level: write
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Open Backport PR
+        uses: zeebe-io/backport-action@be567af183754f6a5d831ae90f648954763f17f5 # v3.1.0
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index c3881aa399..f16f0c31ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,17 @@ on:
   # https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-preventing-pwn-requests/
   pull_request_target:
     types: [closed]
-  # See also commands.yml for the /backport triggered variant of this workflow.
+  # See also backport-trigger.yml for the /backport triggered variant of this workflow.
 
 jobs:
   backport:
-    uses: upbound/official-providers-ci/.github/workflows/provider-backport.yml@standard-runners
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Open Backport PR
+        uses: zeebe-io/backport-action@be567af183754f6a5d831ae90f648954763f17f5 # v3.1.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commands.yml b/.github/workflows/commands.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3874e6d7d5..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/commands.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The Crossplane Authors <https://crossplane.io>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
-name: Comment Commands
-
-on: issue_comment
-
-jobs:
-  comment-commands:
-    uses: upbound/official-providers-ci/.github/workflows/provider-commands.yml@standard-runners
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
index 6ae5106fcd..def498a14b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 name: Tag
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch: 
+  workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
         description: 'Release version (e.g. v0.1.0)'
@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ on:
         required: true
 
 jobs:
-  tag:
-    uses: upbound/official-providers-ci/.github/workflows/provider-tag.yml@standard-runners
-    with:
-      version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-      message: ${{ github.event.inputs.message }}
+  create-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+
+      - name: Create Tag
+        uses: negz/create-tag@39bae1e0932567a58c20dea5a1a0d18358503320 # v1
+        with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          message: ${{ github.event.inputs.message }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/uptest-trigger.yaml b/.github/workflows/uptest-trigger.yaml
index 294339206a..13efbb67cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/uptest-trigger.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/uptest-trigger.yaml
@@ -8,12 +8,174 @@ on:
   issue_comment:
     types: [created]
 
+env:
+  TRIGGER_KEYWORD: "/test-examples"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.22"
+
 jobs:
-  e2e:
-    uses: upbound/official-providers-ci/.github/workflows/pr-comment-trigger.yml@standard-runners
-    with:
-      go-version: 1.22
-      cleanup-disk: true
-    secrets:
-      UPTEST_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.UPTEST_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS }}
-      UPTEST_DATASOURCE: ${{ secrets.UPTEST_DATASOURCE }}
+  debug:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Debug
+        run: |
+          echo "Trigger keyword: ${{ env.TRIGGER_KEYWORD }}"
+          echo "Go version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}"
+          echo "github.event.comment.author_association: ${{ github.event.comment.author_association }}"
+
+  get-example-list:
+    if: ${{ (github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'COLLABORATOR' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'CONTRIBUTOR' ) &&
+      github.event.issue.pull_request &&
+      contains(github.event.comment.body, env.TRIGGER_KEYWORD ) }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      example_list: ${{ steps.get-example-list-name.outputs.example-list }}
+      example_hash: ${{ steps.get-example-list-name.outputs.example-hash }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Checkout PR
+        id: checkout-pr
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
+          OUTPUT=$(git log -1 --format='%H')
+          echo "commit-sha=$OUTPUT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Prepare The Example List
+        env:
+          COMMENT: ${{ github.event.comment.body }}
+        id: get-example-list-name
+        run: |
+          PATHS=$(echo $COMMENT | sed 's/^.*\/test-examples="//g' | cut -d '"' -f 1 | sed 's/,/ /g')
+          EXAMPLE_LIST=""
+          for P in $PATHS; do EXAMPLE_LIST="${EXAMPLE_LIST},$(find $P -name '*.yaml' | tr '\n' ',')"; done
+
+          sudo apt-get -y install coreutils
+          COUNT=$(echo ${EXAMPLE_LIST:1} | grep -o ".yaml" | wc -l)
+          if [ $COUNT -gt 1 ]; then EXAMPLE_HASH=$(echo ${EXAMPLE_LIST} | md5sum | cut -f1 -d" "); else EXAMPLE_HASH=$(echo ${EXAMPLE_LIST:1} | sed 's/.$//'); fi
+
+          echo "Examples: ${EXAMPLE_LIST:1}"
+          echo "Example Hash: ${EXAMPLE_HASH}"
+
+          echo "example-list=${EXAMPLE_LIST:1}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "example-hash=${EXAMPLE_HASH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create Pending Status Check
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh api \
+            --method POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            /repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${{ steps.checkout-pr.outputs.commit-sha }} \
+            -f state='pending' \
+            -f target_url='https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}' \
+            -f description='Running...' \
+            -f context="Uptest-${{ steps.get-example-list-name.outputs.example-hash }}"
+
+  uptest:
+    if: ${{ (github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'COLLABORATOR' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'CONTRIBUTOR' ) &&
+      github.event.issue.pull_request &&
+      contains(github.event.comment.body, env.TRIGGER_KEYWORD ) }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: get-example-list
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Cleanup Disk
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
+        with:
+          large-packages: false
+          swap-storage: false
+
+      - name: Setup QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@49b3bc8e6bdd4a60e6116a5414239cba5943d3cf # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          platforms: all
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@41dfa10bad2bb2ae585af6ee5bb4d7d973ad74ed # v5.1.0
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Checkout PR
+        id: checkout-pr
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
+          OUTPUT=$(git log -1 --format='%H')
+          echo "commit-sha=$OUTPUT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Vendor Dependencies
+        run: make vendor vendor.check
+
+      - name: Run Uptest
+        id: run-uptest
+        env:
+          UPTEST_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.UPTEST_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS }}
+          UPTEST_EXAMPLE_LIST: ${{ needs.get-example-list.outputs.example_list }}
+          UPTEST_TEST_DIR: ./_output/controlplane-dump
+          UPTEST_DATASOURCE_PATH: .work/uptest-datasource.yaml
+          UPTEST_UPDATE_PARAMETER: ""
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .work && echo "${{ secrets.UPTEST_DATASOURCE }}" > .work/uptest-datasource.yaml
+          make e2e
+
+      - name: Create Successful Status Check
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          EXAMPLE_HASH: ${{ needs.get-example-list.outputs.example_hash }}
+        run: |
+          gh api \
+            --method POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            /repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${{ steps.checkout-pr.outputs.commit-sha }} \
+            -f state='success' \
+            -f target_url='https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}' \
+            -f description='Passed' \
+            -f context="Uptest-${EXAMPLE_HASH}"
+
+      - name: Collect Cluster Dump
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          make controlplane.dump
+
+      - name: Upload Cluster Dump
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
+        with:
+          name: controlplane-dump
+          path: ./_output/controlplane-dump
+
+      - name: Cleanup
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          eval $(make --no-print-directory build.vars)
+          ${KUBECTL} delete managed --all || true
+
+      - name: Create Unsuccessful Status Check
+        if: failure()
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          EXAMPLE_HASH: ${{ needs.get-example-list.outputs.example_hash }}
+        run: |
+          gh api \
+            --method POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            /repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${{ steps.checkout-pr.outputs.commit-sha }} \
+            -f state='failure' \
+            -f target_url='https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}' \
+            -f description='Failed' \
+            -f context="Uptest-${EXAMPLE_HASH}"
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