diff --git a/.github/workflows/autofix.yml b/.github/workflows/autofix.yml
index dc29da39ecd..b41e636bf5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autofix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autofix.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
     name: Autoupdate changelog entry and headers
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
       - run: pip install --upgrade towncrier pygithub gitpython numpy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 35a0d8fdc1a..5856ecc6609 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/credit.yml b/.github/workflows/credit.yml
index 1e4f9ff0931..5e538f6a974 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/credit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/credit.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: true
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
       - run: pip install pygithub -e .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 90c83c8130a..47adf707d36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
   package:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       name: pypi
       url: https://pypi.org/p/mne
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index deff634aa03..802c9400a04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 3
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.13'
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
             python: '3.10'
             kind: old
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           pyvista: false
           wm: false
       # Python (if pip)
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
         if: startswith(matrix.kind, 'pip')