diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
index 838aef4..f8a5622 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [ "3.10" ]
     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/license_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
index 39026b0..d68d7d3 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 774226e..79b3676 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@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - 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 ba87b2e..ff821ae 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@v2
+      - 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@v2
+      - 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@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync_tx.yml b/.github/workflows/sync_tx.yml
index 1448cf7..f939ea5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync_tx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync_tx.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index effe5f9..cd92dad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [ 3.9, "3.10" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with: