diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-versions.yml
index d4463d6d..5f7f147c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-versions.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-latest
             version: '24-ea'
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - &checkout_step
+        name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -127,10 +128,7 @@ jobs:
         distribution: ['temurin', 'sapmachine']
         version: ['21', '17']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: Install bash
         run: apk add --no-cache bash
       - name: setup-java
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: &default_os [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
         distribution: ['temurin', 'zulu', 'liberica']
         version:
           - '11.0'
@@ -182,10 +180,7 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-latest
             version: '17.0.7'
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -207,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         distribution:
           [
             'temurin',
@@ -221,10 +216,7 @@ jobs:
           - distribution: dragonwell
             os: macos-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -247,7 +239,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         distribution:
           [
             'temurin',
@@ -261,10 +253,7 @@ jobs:
           - distribution: dragonwell
             os: macos-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -304,10 +293,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [macos-15-intel, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
         version: ['17-ea', '15.0.0-ea.14']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -328,13 +314,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         version: ['17-ea']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -355,13 +338,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         version: ['21', '17']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java with signature verification
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -383,13 +363,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         version: ['21', '17']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java with signature verification
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -411,13 +388,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         version: ['17-ea', '21-ea']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -510,10 +484,7 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -543,10 +514,7 @@ jobs:
         distribution: ['liberica', 'zulu', 'corretto']
         version: ['11']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
@@ -567,14 +535,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         distribution: ['temurin', 'microsoft', 'corretto']
         java-version-file: ['.java-version', '.tool-versions']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: Create .java-version file
         shell: bash
         run: echo "17" > .java-version
@@ -600,14 +565,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         distribution: ['temurin', 'zulu', 'liberica', 'microsoft', 'corretto']
         java-version-file: ['.java-version', '.tool-versions']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: Create .java-version file
         shell: bash
         run: echo "11" > .java-version
@@ -632,14 +594,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         distribution: ['adopt', 'adopt-openj9', 'zulu']
         java-version-file: ['.java-version', '.tool-versions']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: Create .java-version file
         shell: bash
         run: echo "17.0.10" > .java-version
@@ -664,14 +623,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
         distribution: ['adopt', 'zulu', 'liberica']
         java-version-file: ['.java-version', '.tool-versions', '.sdkmanrc']
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: Create .java-version file
         shell: bash
         run: echo "openjdk64-17.0.10" > .java-version
@@ -700,12 +656,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: *default_os
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+      - *checkout_step
       - name: Setup Java 17 as default
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java-17