diff --git a/.github/workflows/governance.links-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/governance.links-checker.yml
index fc0cd8e..43a5c91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/governance.links-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/governance.links-checker.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # checkout to latest commit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.6.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
       # run markdown linter
 
       # todo https://github.com/peter-evans/link-checker
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-draft.yml b/.github/workflows/release-draft.yml
index 02beb7c..03d5fdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-draft.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-draft.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.6.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: '0'