Bump the dependencies group across 1 directory with 6 updates

Bumps the dependencies group with 6 updates in the / directory:

| Package | From | To |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) | `5` | `6` |
| [scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml](https://github.com/scitools/workflows) | `2025.11.2` | `2025.12.4` |
| [scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml](https://github.com/scitools/workflows) | `2025.11.2` | `2025.12.4` |
| [scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml](https://github.com/scitools/workflows) | `2025.11.2` | `2025.12.4` |
| [actions/upload-artifact](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact) | `5` | `6` |
| [actions/download-artifact](https://github.com/actions/download-artifact) | `6` | `7` |



Updates `actions/checkout` from 5 to 6
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](actions/checkout@v5...v6)

Updates `scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml` from 2025.11.2 to 2025.12.4
- [Release notes](https://github.com/scitools/workflows/releases)
- [Commits](SciTools/workflows@2025.11.2...2025.12.4)

Updates `scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml` from 2025.11.2 to 2025.12.4
- [Release notes](https://github.com/scitools/workflows/releases)
- [Commits](SciTools/workflows@2025.11.2...2025.12.4)

Updates `scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml` from 2025.11.2 to 2025.12.4
- [Release notes](https://github.com/scitools/workflows/releases)
- [Commits](SciTools/workflows@2025.11.2...2025.12.4)

Updates `actions/upload-artifact` from 5 to 6
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/releases)
- [Commits](actions/upload-artifact@v5...v6)

Updates `actions/download-artifact` from 6 to 7
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/releases)
- [Commits](actions/download-artifact@v6...v7)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/checkout
  dependency-version: '6'
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
  dependency-group: dependencies
- dependency-name: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml
  dependency-version: 2025.12.4
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: dependencies
- dependency-name: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml
  dependency-version: 2025.12.4
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: dependencies
- dependency-name: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml
  dependency-version: 2025.12.4
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: dependencies
- dependency-name: actions/upload-artifact
  dependency-version: '6'
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
  dependency-group: dependencies
- dependency-name: actions/download-artifact
  dependency-version: '7'
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
  dependency-group: dependencies
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>

Author: dependabot[bot]

.github/workflows/ci-citation.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "validate"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/ci-locks.yml

@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   refresh_lockfiles:
-    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml@2025.11.2
+    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/refresh-lockfiles.yml@2025.12.4
     secrets: inherit

.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml

@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   manifest:
     name: "check-manifest"
-    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml@2025.11.2
+    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-manifest.yml@2025.12.4

.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   prompt-share:
-    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml@2025.11.2
+    uses: scitools/workflows/.github/workflows/ci-template-check.yml@2025.12.4
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
             codecov: "codecov"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/ci-wheels.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
             arch: "AMD64"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: >
           python -m pytest --pyargs stratify
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
       with:
         name: pypi-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-artifact
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/wheelhouse/*.whl
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Build sdist"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pipx run build --sdist
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
       with:
         name: pypi-sdist
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist/*.tar.gz
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Show artifacts"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
       with:
         merge-multiple: true
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
     # upload to Test PyPI for every commit on main branch
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.event.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
       with:
         merge-multiple: true
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
     # upload to PyPI for every tag starting with 'v'
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
       with:
         merge-multiple: true
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist