diff --git a/ci/github-script/commits.js b/ci/github-script/commits.js
index 5432d0239a11..41922c810a69 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/commits.js
+++ b/ci/github-script/commits.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
   const { execFileSync } = require('node:child_process')
-  const { readFile } = require('node:fs/promises')
-  const { join } = require('node:path')
   const { classify } = require('../supportedBranches.js')
   const withRateLimit = require('./withRateLimit.js')
 
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
           run_id: context.runId,
           per_page: 100,
         })
-      ).find(({ name }) => name == 'Check / cherry-pick').html_url +
+      ).find(({ name }) => name === 'Check / cherry-pick').html_url +
         '?pr=' +
         pull_number
 
@@ -178,7 +176,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
 
     // Only create step summary below in case of warnings or errors.
     // Also clean up older reviews, when all checks are good now.
-    if (results.every(({ severity }) => severity == 'info')) {
+    if (results.every(({ severity }) => severity === 'info')) {
       if (!dry) {
         await Promise.all(
           (
@@ -187,9 +185,9 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
               pull_number,
             })
           )
-            .filter((review) => review.user.login == 'github-actions[bot]')
+            .filter((review) => review.user.login === 'github-actions[bot]')
             .map(async (review) => {
-              if (review.state == 'CHANGES_REQUESTED') {
+              if (review.state === 'CHANGES_REQUESTED') {
                 await github.rest.pulls.dismissReview({
                   ...context.repo,
                   pull_number,
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
 
     // In the case of "error" severity, we also fail the job.
     // Those should be considered blocking and not be dismissable via review.
-    if (results.some(({ severity }) => severity == 'error'))
+    if (results.some(({ severity }) => severity === 'error'))
       process.exitCode = 1
 
     core.summary.addRaw(
@@ -272,7 +270,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
     )
 
     results.forEach(({ severity, message, diff }) => {
-      if (severity == 'info') return
+      if (severity === 'info') return
 
       // The docs for markdown alerts only show examples with markdown blockquote syntax, like this:
       //   > [!WARNING]
@@ -336,18 +334,18 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
       })
     ).find(
       (review) =>
-        review.user.login == 'github-actions[bot]' &&
+        review.user.login === 'github-actions[bot]' &&
         // If a review is still pending, we can just update this instead
         // of posting a new one.
-        (review.state == 'CHANGES_REQUESTED' ||
+        (review.state === 'CHANGES_REQUESTED' ||
           // No need to post a new review, if an older one with the exact
           // same content had already been dismissed.
-          review.body == body),
+          review.body === body),
     )
 
     if (dry) {
       if (pendingReview)
-        core.info('pending review found: ' + pendingReview.html_url)
+        core.info(`pending review found: ${pendingReview.html_url}`)
       else core.info('no pending review found')
     } else {
       // Either of those two requests could fail for very long comments. This can only happen
diff --git a/ci/github-script/labels.js b/ci/github-script/labels.js
index 68b84f6d9dfb..3086cbaf3844 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/labels.js
+++ b/ci/github-script/labels.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
 
     const approvals = new Set(
       reviews
-        .filter((review) => review.state == 'APPROVED')
+        .filter((review) => review.state === 'APPROVED')
         .map((review) => review.user?.id),
     )
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
     // This is intentionally less than the time that Eval takes, so that the label job
     // running after Eval can indeed label the PR as conflicted if that is the case.
     const merge_commit_sha_valid =
-      new Date() - new Date(pull_request.created_at) > 3 * 60 * 1000
+      Date.now() - new Date(pull_request.created_at) > 3 * 60 * 1000
 
     const prLabels = {
       // We intentionally don't use the mergeable or mergeable_state attributes.
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
       // The second pass will then read the result from the first pass and set the label.
       '2.status: merge conflict':
         merge_commit_sha_valid && !pull_request.merge_commit_sha,
-      '12.approvals: 1': approvals.size == 1,
-      '12.approvals: 2': approvals.size == 2,
+      '12.approvals: 1': approvals.size === 1,
+      '12.approvals: 2': approvals.size === 2,
       '12.approvals: 3+': approvals.size >= 3,
       '12.first-time contribution': [
         'NONE',
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
         // existing reviews, too.
         '9.needs: reviewer':
           !pull_request.draft &&
-          pull_request.requested_reviewers.length == 0 &&
-          reviews.length == 0,
+          pull_request.requested_reviewers.length === 0 &&
+          reviews.length === 0,
       })
     }
 
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
     // called "comparison", yet, will skip the download.
     const expired =
       !artifact ||
-      new Date(artifact?.expires_at ?? 0) <
-        new Date(new Date().getTime() + 60 * 1000)
+      new Date(artifact?.expires_at ?? 0) < new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 1000)
     log('Artifact expires at', artifact?.expires_at ?? '<n/a>')
     if (!expired) {
       stats.artifacts++
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
   async function handle({ item, stats }) {
     try {
       const log = (k, v, skip) => {
-        core.info(`#${item.number} - ${k}: ${v}` + (skip ? ' (skipped)' : ''))
+        core.info(`#${item.number} - ${k}: ${v}${skip ? ' (skipped)' : ''}`)
         return skip
       }
 
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
 
       // No need for an API request, if all labels are the same.
       const hasChanges = Object.keys(after).some(
-        (name) => (before[name] ?? false) != after[name],
+        (name) => (before[name] ?? false) !== after[name],
       )
       if (log('Has changes', hasChanges, !hasChanges)) return
 
@@ -298,14 +297,14 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
           // we are not leaving anyone behind on GHA failures.
           // Defaults to go back 1 hour on the first run.
           new Date(
-            lastRun?.created_at ?? new Date().getTime() - 1 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+            lastRun?.created_at ?? Date.now() - 1 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
           ).getTime(),
           // Go back max. 1 day to prevent hitting all API rate limits immediately,
           // when GH API returns a wrong workflow by accident.
-          new Date().getTime() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+          Date.now() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
         ),
       )
-      core.info('cutoff timestamp: ' + cutoff.toISOString())
+      core.info(`cutoff timestamp: ${cutoff.toISOString()}`)
 
       const updatedItems = await github.paginate(
         github.rest.search.issuesAndPullRequests,
@@ -402,12 +401,12 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, dry }) => {
         .concat(updatedItems, allItems.data)
         .filter(
           (thisItem, idx, arr) =>
-            idx ==
-            arr.findIndex((firstItem) => firstItem.number == thisItem.number),
+            idx ===
+            arr.findIndex((firstItem) => firstItem.number === thisItem.number),
         )
 
       ;(await Promise.allSettled(items.map((item) => handle({ item, stats }))))
-        .filter(({ status }) => status == 'rejected')
+        .filter(({ status }) => status === 'rejected')
         .map(({ reason }) =>
           core.setFailed(`${reason.message}\n${reason.cause.stack}`),
         )
diff --git a/ci/github-script/withRateLimit.js b/ci/github-script/withRateLimit.js
index f430385fed3a..efc63057beb7 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/withRateLimit.js
+++ b/ci/github-script/withRateLimit.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ github, core }, callback) => {
     // Requests to a different host do not count against the rate limit.
     if (options.url.startsWith('https://github.com')) return request(options)
     // Requests to the /rate_limit endpoint do not count against the rate limit.
-    if (options.url == '/rate_limit') return request(options)
+    if (options.url === '/rate_limit') return request(options)
     // Search requests are in a different resource group, which allows 30 requests / minute.
     // We do less than a handful each run, so not implementing throttling for now.
     if (options.url.startsWith('/search/')) return request(options)