diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_md_links.yml b/.github/workflows/check_md_links.yml
index b39fa35a6..acea39d04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_md_links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_md_links.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   markdown-link-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
       with:
         config-file: ./mlc_config.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishdocs.yaml b/.github/workflows/publishdocs.yaml
index a3803ddbe..e4076608f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publishdocs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishdocs.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_reproschema_py.yml b/.github/workflows/push_reproschema_py.yml
index 41a44db99..533bc9af0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_reproschema_py.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_reproschema_py.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Git and cloning repository
         env:
           TARGET_REPO: repronim/reproschema-py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/run_precommit.yml
index e8b3e0de4..5ee50e2b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_precommit.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ jobs:
     pre-commit:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
-        -   uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        -   uses: actions/checkout@v5
         -   uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         -   uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_precommit_hooks.yml b/.github/workflows/update_precommit_hooks.yml
index b87be1c67..763b3ae58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_precommit_hooks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_precommit_hooks.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
         -   name: Checkout repo
-            uses: actions/checkout@v4
+            uses: actions/checkout@v5
         -   name: Set up Python
             uses: actions/setup-python@v5
             with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_and_release.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_and_release.yml
index b11a639cb..166b96a16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_and_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_and_release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_cff.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_cff.yml
index cedfdbb7b..fd6aed50d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_cff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_cff.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   validate_cff:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is valid
       uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@2.0.0
       with: