diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-update.go-mod-tidy_and_make-package-specs.yaml b/.github/workflows/dependency-update.go-mod-tidy_and_make-package-specs.yaml
index 726024a230..703492c9b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-update.go-mod-tidy_and_make-package-specs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-update.go-mod-tidy_and_make-package-specs.yaml
@@ -69,15 +69,12 @@ jobs:
           declare -r commit_author_name="${{github.event.head_commit.author.name}}"
           declare -r commit_message="${{github.event.head_commit.message}}"
 
-          ## 👷🏼🚧 To-do: Un-comment me again
-          # if [[ ! "${commit_author_name}" =~ ('dependabot'|'renovate')'[bot]' ]] \
-          #    || [[ "${commit_message}" == "${tidy_message}" ]]
-          # then
-          #   echo 'This commit was not by a known bot or already an automatic `go mod tidy`! Exiting …'
-          #   exit 0
-          # fi
-
-          echo '👷🏼🚧 Position 1' # To-do: remove
+          if [[ ! "${commit_author_name}" =~ ('dependabot'|'renovate')'[bot]' ]] \
+             || [[ "${commit_message}" == "${tidy_message}" ]]
+          then
+            echo 'This commit was not by a known bot or already an automatic `go mod tidy`! Exiting …'
+            exit 0
+          fi
 
           # Generated files are needed for `go mod tidy` which is a dependency of the
           # target `package-specs`. However the generation of them itself already
@@ -89,16 +86,12 @@ jobs:
           make generate-openapi-generated-clients-and-servers
           git checkout "${current_branch}"
 
-          echo '👷🏼🚧 Position 2' # To-do: remove
-
           # ⚠️ For this workflow to be successful, the subsequent line must not
           # trigger again the creation of the generated files.
           make package-specs
 
-          echo '👷🏼🚧 Position 3' # To-do: remove
-
-          declare -i -r num_changed_files=$(git status --porcelain | wc --lines)
-          if ((num_changed_files >= 0))
+          declare -i -r num_changed_files="$(git status --porcelain | wc --lines)"
+          if ((num_changed_files > 0))
           then
             echo 'Changes to some files were necessary!'
             git add .
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eef5a23fe9..6ab6f294e5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ mod-download:
 		 cd $${folder}; echo " - go mod download '$${folder}'"; go mod download; cd - >/dev/null;\
 	done
 
-.PHONY: vendor acceptance.go-mod-vendor autoscaler.go-mod-vendor changelog.go-mod-vendor \
+.PHONY: acceptance.go-mod-vendor autoscaler.go-mod-vendor changelog.go-mod-vendor \
 				changeloglockcleander.go-mod-vendor
 go-mod-vendor: acceptance.go-mod-vendor autoscaler.go-mod-vendor changelog.go-mod-vendor \
 							 changeloglockcleander.go-mod-vendor
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ run-performance:
 run-act:
 	${AUTOSCALER_DIR}/scripts/run_act.sh;\
 
-package-specs: go-mod-tidy vendor
+
+package-specs: go-mod-tidy go-mod-vendor
 	@echo " - Updating the package specs"
 	@./scripts/sync-package-specs
 
diff --git a/scripts/sync-package-specs b/scripts/sync-package-specs
index 845f9488f6..c5bfb9089f 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-package-specs
+++ b/scripts/sync-package-specs
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu -o pipefail
 
 function sync_package() {
-  bosh_pkg=${1}
-  golang_pkg=${2}
+  local -r bosh_pkg="${1}"
+  local -r golang_pkg="${2}"
 
   shift
   shift
 
   (
-    spec_dir=$PWD/packages/${bosh_pkg}
-    echo "Syncing ${bosh_pkg}..."
-    cd $PWD/src/autoscaler/${golang_pkg}
+    local -r spec_dir="${PWD}/packages/${bosh_pkg}"
+    echo "Syncing ${bosh_pkg}…"
+    cd "${PWD}/src/autoscaler/${golang_pkg}"
     {
-      cat "${spec_dir}/spec" | grep -v '# gosub'
-      go run github.com/loggregator/gosub@2819a49a12756cab02592b5ee9f17f02148b0617 list "$@" | grep autoscaler | \
-        sed -e 's|code.cloudfoundry.org/app-autoscaler/src/\(.*\)|- \1/* # gosub|g'
-      go run github.com/loggregator/gosub@2819a49a12756cab02592b5ee9f17f02148b0617 list "$@" | grep -v autoscaler | \
-        sed -e 's|\(.*\)|- autoscaler/vendor/\1/* # gosub|g'
+      cat "${spec_dir}/spec" | grep --invert-match '# gosub'
+      go run github.com/loggregator/gosub@2819a49a12756cab02592b5ee9f17f02148b0617 list "$@" \
+        | grep 'autoscaler' \
+        | sed --expression='s|code.cloudfoundry.org/app-autoscaler/src/\(.*\)|- \1/* # gosub|g'
+      go run github.com/loggregator/gosub@2819a49a12756cab02592b5ee9f17f02148b0617 list "$@" \
+        | grep --invert-match 'autoscaler' \
+        | sed --expression='s|\(.*\)|- autoscaler/vendor/\1/* # gosub|g'
     } > "${spec_dir}/spec.new"
 
     mv "${spec_dir}/spec.new" "${spec_dir}/spec"
@@ -30,5 +32,4 @@ sync_package metricsforwarder metricsforwarder -app ./...
 sync_package metricsgateway metricsgateway -app ./...
 sync_package metricsserver metricsserver -app ./...
 sync_package operator operator -app ./...
-sync_package scalingengine scalingengine -app ./...
-
+sync_package scalingengine scalingengine -app ./...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/Makefile b/src/autoscaler/Makefile
index 0d45e3d19f..b7b70d7545 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/Makefile
+++ b/src/autoscaler/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ ${app-fakes-dir} ${app-fakes-files} &: ./go.mod ./go.sum ./generate-fakes.go
 
 
 go_deps_without_generated_sources = $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go' \
-																| grep --invert-match --regexp='${app-fakes-dir}|${openapi-generated-clients-and-servers-dir}')
+																| grep --invert-match --extended-regexp \
+																		--regexp='${app-fakes-dir}|${openapi-generated-clients-and-servers-dir}')
 
 # This target should depend additionally on `${app-fakes-dir}` and on `${app-fakes-files}`. However
 # this is not defined here. The reason is, that for `go-mod-tidy` the generated fakes need to be