diff --git a/.github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/.gitignore b/.github/actions/connect-ovpn/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/.gitignore
rename to .github/actions/connect-ovpn/.gitignore
diff --git a/.github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/README.md b/.github/actions/connect-ovpn/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/README.md
rename to .github/actions/connect-ovpn/README.md
diff --git a/.github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/action.yml b/.github/actions/connect-ovpn/action.yml
similarity index 82%
rename from .github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/action.yml
rename to .github/actions/connect-ovpn/action.yml
index 1aeac9d9876..220338866d6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/connect-ovpn/action.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ runs:
         sudo apt-get install openvpn-systemd-resolved
       shell: bash
 
+    - name: Validate OpenVPN
+      run: |
+        echo -e "\nOpenVPN Version:" ;
+        openvpn --version ;
+        echo -e "\nPinging URL: ${{ inputs.PING_URL }}" ;
+        ping -c 3 ${{ inputs.PING_URL }} ;
+        echo -e "\nIP Route:" ;
+        ip route ;
+      shell: bash
+
     - name: Connect VPN
       env:
         TLS_KEY: ${{ inputs.TLS_KEY }}
@@ -48,6 +58,8 @@ runs:
         echo "$USER_CRT" | base64 -d > user.crt
         echo "$USER_KEY" | base64 -d > user.key
         echo "$SECRET" | base64 -d > secret.txt
+
+        echo -e "sudo openvpn --config ${{ inputs.FILE_OVPN }} --daemon" ;
         sudo openvpn --config ${{ inputs.FILE_OVPN }} --daemon
 
     - name: VPN Status
diff --git a/.github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/example.ovpn b/.github/actions/connect-ovpn/example.ovpn
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/actions/action-connect-ovpn/example.ovpn
rename to .github/actions/connect-ovpn/example.ovpn
diff --git a/.github/actions/vpn-azure/action.yml b/.github/actions/vpn-azure/action.yml
index 7dd45a24d3e..faba23787a2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/vpn-azure/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/vpn-azure/action.yml
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ runs:
         sed -i "s/\(dhcp-option DNS \).*/\1${{ inputs.dns-ip }}/" .github/vpn/${{ inputs.env-name }}.ovpn
       shell: bash
 
-    - uses: josiahsiegel/action-connect-ovpn@794339aff94452216c97f609476c367a43a31295
-    ## DevSecOps - Aquia (Replace) - uses: ./.github/actions/action-connect-ovpn
-
+    - uses: ./.github/actions/connect-ovpn
       if: inputs.env-name && inputs.ca-cert != 'false'
       id: connect_vpn
       with:
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index c5b2158da31..498f787b167 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ updates:
       interval: "daily"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/.github/actions/action-connect-ovpn"
+    directory: "/.github/actions/connect-ovpn"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
 
diff --git a/.github/vpn/test.ovpn b/.github/vpn/test.ovpn
index 0495febb2d8..fe408202b81 100644
--- a/.github/vpn/test.ovpn
+++ b/.github/vpn/test.ovpn
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ key user.key
 script-security 2
 up /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-resolved
 down /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-resolved
-down-pre
\ No newline at end of file
+down-pre