diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 6c966242f5..83d3f42aec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
     paths:
-      - '.github/**/*'
       - 'src/modules/**.js'
       - 'src/resources/js/**.js'
       - 'src/resources/postcss/**.pcss'
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/bin/process-changelog.sh b/bin/process-changelog.sh
index e2e93f1ef8..694774b3a2 100755
--- a/bin/process-changelog.sh
+++ b/bin/process-changelog.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,34 @@ CURRENT_VERSION=${2-}
 ACTION_TYPE=${3-generate}
 RELEASE_DATE=${4-today}
 
-RELEASE_DATE=$( date "+%Y-%m-%d" -d "$RELEASE_DATE" ) # Release date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  # macOS with gdate
+  RELEASE_DATE=$( gdate "+%Y-%m-%d" -d "$RELEASE_DATE" )
+else
+  # Linux
+  RELEASE_DATE=$( date "+%Y-%m-%d" -d "$RELEASE_DATE" )
+fi
+
+sed_compatible() {
+    if [[ "$1" == "-r" ]]; then
+        # Remove the -r argument
+        shift
+        if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+            # macOS with -E flag
+            sed -i '' -E "$@"
+        else
+            # Linux with -r flag
+            sed -i -r "$@"
+        fi
+    else
+        # No -r argument, regular sed command
+        if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+            sed -i '' "$@"
+        else
+            sed -i "$@"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 
@@ -14,7 +41,7 @@ cd $SCRIPT_DIR/../
 echo "RELEASE_DATE=$RELEASE_DATE"
 
 if [ "$ACTION_TYPE" == "amend-version" ]; then
-	perl -i -pe "s/^### \[\Q$CURRENT_VERSION\E\] .*$/### [$RELEASE_VERSION] $RELEASE_DATE/" changelog.md
+	sed_compatible "s/^### \[$CURRENT_VERSION\] .*$/### [$RELEASE_VERSION] $RELEASE_DATE/" changelog.md
 else
 	if [ "$ACTION_TYPE" == "generate" ]; then
 		CHANGELOG_FLAG=""
@@ -38,11 +65,11 @@ CHANGELOG=${CHANGELOG//&/\\&}
 echo "CHANGELOG=$CHANGELOG"
 
 if [ "$ACTION_TYPE" == "amend-version" ]; then
-	perl -i -pe "s/^= \[\Q$CURRENT_VERSION\E\] .* =$/= [$RELEASE_VERSION] $RELEASE_DATE =/" readme.txt
+	sed_compatible "s/^= \[$CURRENT_VERSION\] .* =$/= [$RELEASE_VERSION] $RELEASE_DATE =/" readme.txt
 else
 	if [ "$ACTION_TYPE" == "amend" ]; then
 	perl -i -p0e "s/= \[$RELEASE_VERSION\].*? =(.*?)(\n){2}(?==)//s" readme.txt # Delete the existing changelog for the release version first
 	fi
 
-	perl -i -pe "s/(== Changelog ==)/\1\n\n= [$RELEASE_VERSION] $RELEASE_DATE =\n\n$CHANGELOG/" readme.txt
+	sed_compatible -r "s|(== Changelog ==)|\1\n\n= [$RELEASE_VERSION] $RELEASE_DATE =\n\n$CHANGELOG|" readme.txt
 fi