diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 0506222b6b..d17c9d6050 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.builder.outputs.builder_image }}
+    env:
+      ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Sysdig
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ jobs:
       SKEL_BUILDER_IMAGE_BASE: ghcr.io/draios/sysdig-skel-builder-pr
       BUILDER_DEV: ghcr.io/draios/sysdig-builder:dev
       SKEL_BUILDER_DEV: ghcr.io/draios/sysdig-skel-builder:dev
+      ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Sysdig
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-draft.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-draft.yaml
index 80840c2b1a..fb34e37ea5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-draft.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-draft.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       BUILD_VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/draios/sysdig-builder:dev
     steps:
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       REGISTRY: ghcr.io
       BUILD_VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Sysdig
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/cmake/modules/yaml-cpp.cmake b/cmake/modules/yaml-cpp.cmake
index ee8e1c6085..92a2e9c07a 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/yaml-cpp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/yaml-cpp.cmake
@@ -1,87 +1,26 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2013-2022 Draios Inc dba Sysdig.
+# Copyright (C) 2023 The Falco Authors.
 #
-# This file is part of sysdig .
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 #
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 #
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 #
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-mark_as_advanced(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR YAMLCPP_LIB)
-if(NOT USE_BUNDLED_DEPS)
-  find_path(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES yaml-cpp/yaml.h)
-  find_library(YAMLCPP_LIB NAMES yaml-cpp)
-  if(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR AND YAMLCPP_LIB)
-    message(STATUS "Found yamlcpp: include: ${YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR}, lib: ${YAMLCPP_LIB}")
-  else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find system yamlcpp")
-  endif()
+
+option(USE_BUNDLED_YAMLCPP "Enable building of the bundled yamlcpp" ${USE_BUNDLED_DEPS})
+
+if(USE_BUNDLED_YAMLCPP)
+    include(FetchContent)
+    FetchContent_Declare(yamlcpp
+        URL https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/refs/tags/0.8.0.tar.gz
+        URL_HASH SHA256=fbe74bbdcee21d656715688706da3c8becfd946d92cd44705cc6098bb23b3a16
+    )
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(yamlcpp)
 else()
-  set(YAMLCPP_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/yaml-cpp-prefix/src/yaml-cpp")
-  message(STATUS "Using bundled yaml-cpp in '${YAMLCPP_SRC}'")
-  set(YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR "${YAMLCPP_SRC}/include")
-  if(NOT WIN32)
-    set(YAMLCPP_LIB "${YAMLCPP_SRC}/libyaml-cpp.a")
-    ExternalProject_Add(
-      yaml-cpp
-      URL "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/yaml-cpp-0.7.0.tar.gz"
-      URL_HASH "SHA256=43e6a9fcb146ad871515f0d0873947e5d497a1c9c60c58cb102a97b47208b7c3"
-      BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${YAMLCPP_LIB}
-      CMAKE_ARGS
-      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-      -DYAML_MSVC_SHARED_RT=Off
-      -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off
-      -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=Off
-      -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF
-      -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_CONTRIB=OFF
-      -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=''
-      BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-      INSTALL_COMMAND "")
-  else()
-    set(YAMLCPP_LIB "${YAMLCPP_SRC}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/yaml-cpp.lib")
-    # see: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/policy/CMP0091.html
-    if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.15.0)
-      ExternalProject_Add(
-        yaml-cpp
-        URL "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/yaml-cpp-0.7.0.tar.gz"
-        URL_HASH "SHA256=43e6a9fcb146ad871515f0d0873947e5d497a1c9c60c58cb102a97b47208b7c3"
-        BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${YAMLCPP_LIB}
-        CMAKE_ARGS
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-        -DYAML_MSVC_SHARED_RT=Off
-        -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off
-        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=Off
-        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF
-        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_CONTRIB=OFF
-        -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=''
-        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-        INSTALL_COMMAND "")
-    else()
-      ExternalProject_Add(
-        yaml-cpp
-        URL "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/yaml-cpp-0.7.0.tar.gz"
-        URL_HASH "SHA256=43e6a9fcb146ad871515f0d0873947e5d497a1c9c60c58cb102a97b47208b7c3"
-        BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${YAMLCPP_LIB}
-        CMAKE_ARGS
-        -DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0091:STRING=NEW
-        -DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY=${CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY}
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-        -DYAML_MSVC_SHARED_RT=Off
-        -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off
-        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=Off
-        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF
-        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_CONTRIB=OFF
-        -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=''
-        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-        INSTALL_COMMAND "")
-    endif()
-  endif()
+    find_package(yaml-cpp CONFIG REQUIRED)
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/zlib.cmake b/cmake/modules/zlib.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13f92db51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/zlib.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2023 The Falco Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+
+option(USE_BUNDLED_ZLIB "Enable building of the bundled zlib" ${USE_BUNDLED_DEPS})
+
+if(ZLIB_INCLUDE)
+	# we already have zlib
+elseif(NOT USE_BUNDLED_ZLIB)
+	find_path(ZLIB_INCLUDE zlib.h PATH_SUFFIXES zlib)
+	find_library(ZLIB_LIB NAMES z)
+	if(ZLIB_INCLUDE AND ZLIB_LIB)
+		message(STATUS "Found zlib: include: ${ZLIB_INCLUDE}, lib: ${ZLIB_LIB}")
+	else()
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find system zlib")
+	endif()
+else()
+	set(ZLIB_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib-prefix/src/zlib")
+	set(ZLIB_INCLUDE "${ZLIB_SRC}")
+	set(ZLIB_HEADERS "")
+	list(APPEND ZLIB_HEADERS
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/crc32.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/deflate.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/gzguts.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/inffast.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/inffixed.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/inflate.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/inftrees.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/trees.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/zconf.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/zlib.h"
+		"${ZLIB_INCLUDE}/zutil.h"
+	)
+	if(NOT TARGET zlib)
+		set(ZLIB_CFLAGS )
+		if (ENABLE_PIC)
+			set(ZLIB_CFLAGS -fPIC)
+		endif()
+
+		message(STATUS "Using bundled zlib in '${ZLIB_SRC}'")
+		if(NOT WIN32)
+			if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+				set(ZLIB_LIB_SUFFIX ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+				set(ZLIB_CONFIGURE_FLAGS )
+			else()
+				set(ZLIB_LIB_SUFFIX ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+				set(ZLIB_CONFIGURE_FLAGS "--static")
+			endif()
+			set(ZLIB_LIB "${ZLIB_SRC}/libz${ZLIB_LIB_SUFFIX}")
+			ExternalProject_Add(zlib
+				PREFIX "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib-prefix"
+				URL "https://github.com/madler/zlib/archive/v1.2.13.tar.gz"
+				URL_HASH "SHA256=1525952a0a567581792613a9723333d7f8cc20b87a81f920fb8bc7e3f2251428"
+				CONFIGURE_COMMAND CFLAGS=${ZLIB_CFLAGS} ./configure --prefix=${ZLIB_SRC} ${ZLIB_CONFIGURE_FLAGS}
+				BUILD_COMMAND make
+				BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+				BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${ZLIB_LIB}
+				INSTALL_COMMAND "")
+			install(FILES "${ZLIB_LIB}" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${LIBS_PACKAGE_NAME}"
+					COMPONENT "libs-deps")
+			install(FILES ${ZLIB_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${LIBS_PACKAGE_NAME}/zlib"
+					COMPONENT "libs-deps")
+		else()
+			if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+				set(ZLIB_LIB_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+				set(ZLIB_LIB "${ZLIB_SRC}/lib/zlib${ZLIB_LIB_SUFFIX}")
+			else()
+				set(ZLIB_LIB_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+				set(ZLIB_LIB "${ZLIB_SRC}/lib/zlibstatic${ZLIB_LIB_SUFFIX}")
+			endif()
+			ExternalProject_Add(zlib
+				PREFIX "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/zlib-prefix"
+				URL "https://github.com/madler/zlib/archive/v1.2.13.tar.gz"
+				URL_HASH "SHA256=1525952a0a567581792613a9723333d7f8cc20b87a81f920fb8bc7e3f2251428"
+				BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+				BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${ZLIB_LIB}
+				CMAKE_ARGS
+					-DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0091:STRING=NEW
+					-DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY=${CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY}
+					-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+					-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=${ENABLE_PIC}
+					-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}
+					-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${ZLIB_SRC})
+			install(FILES "${ZLIB_LIB}" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${LIBS_PACKAGE_NAME}"
+					COMPONENT "libs-deps")
+			install(FILES ${ZLIB_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${LIBS_PACKAGE_NAME}/zlib"
+					COMPONENT "libs-deps")
+		endif()
+	endif()
+endif()
+
+if(NOT TARGET zlib)
+	add_custom_target(zlib)
+endif()
+
+include_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE})
diff --git a/userspace/sysdig/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/sysdig/CMakeLists.txt
index c19e728aad..c1602d5437 100644
--- a/userspace/sysdig/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/sysdig/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ endif()
 target_include_directories(
 	sysdig
 	PUBLIC
-		"${YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR}"
 		"${NJSON_INCLUDE_DIR}"
 		"${LUAJIT_INCLUDE}"
 		../chisel
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ target_include_directories(
 target_include_directories(
 	csysdig
 	PUBLIC
-		"${YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR}"
 		"${NJSON_INCLUDE_DIR}"
 		"${LUAJIT_INCLUDE}"
 		../chisel
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
 	target_link_libraries(sysdig
 		sinsp
 		"${LUAJIT_LIB}"
-		"${YAMLCPP_LIB}")
+		yaml-cpp)
 
 	if(USE_BUNDLED_NCURSES)
 		add_dependencies(csysdig ncurses)
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
 		sinsp
 		"${LUAJIT_LIB}"
 		"${CURSES_LIBRARIES}"
-		"${YAMLCPP_LIB}")
+		yaml-cpp)
 
 	add_subdirectory(man)
 
@@ -142,12 +140,12 @@ else()
 	target_link_libraries(sysdig
 		sinsp
 		"${LUAJIT_LIB}"
-		"${YAMLCPP_LIB}")
+		yaml-cpp)
 
 	target_link_libraries(csysdig
 		sinsp
 		"${LUAJIT_LIB}"
-		"${YAMLCPP_LIB}")
+		yaml-cpp)
 
 	target_link_libraries(sysdig odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib Netapi32.lib Iphlpapi.lib)
 
diff --git a/userspace/sysdig/sysdig.cpp b/userspace/sysdig/sysdig.cpp
index 6909c4cf14..e46838ecdc 100644
--- a/userspace/sysdig/sysdig.cpp
+++ b/userspace/sysdig/sysdig.cpp
@@ -1913,8 +1913,7 @@ sysdig_init_res sysdig_init(int argc, char **argv)
 			{
 				try
 				{
-					sinsp_filter_compiler compiler(filter_factory, filter);
-					inspector->set_filter(compiler.compile());
+					inspector->set_filter(filter);
 				}
 				catch (sinsp_exception& e)
 				{