diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
index 4696fcd..969f75a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
index b656af2..3d66307 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   license_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
index 28fea30..253c5dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: master
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
           ref: master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
index bb57e5d..0ca10f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: publish_alpha
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Send message to Matrix bots channel
         id: matrix-chat-message
         uses: fadenb/matrix-chat-message@v0.0.6
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout dev branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 6028928..6ff075a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with: