diff --git a/.github/workflows/activity-history-post.yml b/.github/workflows/activity-history-post.yml
index 3b4aa2c5b6..915d7d7359 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/activity-history-post.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/activity-history-post.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   Read-CSV:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Parse CSV
         id: parse-csv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-create-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-create-issues.yml
index 56778c3841..783ec94cbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-create-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-create-issues.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         
       # Fetch Alerts
       - name: Fetch Alerts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-scan-job.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-scan-job.yml
index 1b5823692c..f7d5edf0a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-scan-job.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-scan-job.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-trigger.yml
index 493023cc64..2d9cbd6044 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-trigger.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'transferred' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4   
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5   
     # Checks if user is on the 'website-write' team, else halts workflow
     - name: Check Team Membership
       id: check-team-membership
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.event.action == 'assigned' }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4  
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5  
       # Checks if the issue has the required roles (front end, back end/devOps, design, or user research)
       - name: Check Labels Prelim
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: "${{ github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'Feature: Feature Branch' }}"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Add feature branch comment
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: "${{ github.event.action == 'unlabeled' && github.event.label.name == 'Feature: Feature Branch' }}"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Hide feature branch comment
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-scss.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-scss.yml
index cb75a682fd..d02db2e8ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-scss.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-scss.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           # Full git history is needed to get a proper list of changed files within `super-linter`
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/move-closed-issues.yaml b/.github/workflows/move-closed-issues.yaml
index 08379f5f93..8f35f50ee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/move-closed-issues.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/move-closed-issues.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   Move-Closed-Issues:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       # 1: Sort closed issues based on labels
       - name: Sort Closed Issues by Label
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-instructions.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-instructions.yml
index 15a585de64..81da0a8135 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-instructions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-instructions.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   Add-Pull-Request-Instructions:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       # Create the message to post
       - name: Create Instruction
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-verification.yml
index dec2521ad0..9e4c3c1012 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-verification.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-verification.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   Check-Team-Membership:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.HACKFORLA_ADMIN_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-trigger.yml
index dddc019dcb..fd0e75b9cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-trigger.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'edited' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Check for keyword and issue number
         id: check-for-keyword
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule-daily-1100.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule-daily-1100.yml
index 2f01527123..6c24ad5d8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/schedule-daily-1100.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule-daily-1100.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.HACKFORLA_BOT_PA_TOKEN }}
     
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule-fri-0700.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule-fri-0700.yml
index f991252395..13d965b2fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/schedule-fri-0700.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule-fri-0700.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'hackforla/website'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.HACKFORLA_GRAPHQL_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule-monthly.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule-monthly.yml
index 274b63abac..f516e01aa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/schedule-monthly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule-monthly.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     # Checkout repo, and provide authorization token for `stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action` below
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with: 
         token: ${{ secrets.HACKFORLA_ADMIN_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/set-pr-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/set-pr-labels.yaml
index 90be738cc3..6aefa3aa91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/set-pr-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/set-pr-labels.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.number }}
       SCRIPT_PATH: './github-actions/trigger-pr/set-pr-labels.js'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: parse-pr-body
         name: 'Parse the pull request body for all linked issues'
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-label-directory.yml b/.github/workflows/update-label-directory.yml
index 6890ae370f..571f30823d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-label-directory.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-label-directory.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'hackforla/website'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.HACKFORLA_BOT_PA_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vrms-data.yml b/.github/workflows/vrms-data.yml
index 72b21755cb..87c7b61848 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vrms-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vrms-data.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'hackforla/website'
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.HACKFORLA_BOT_PA_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wr-pr-instructions.yml b/.github/workflows/wr-pr-instructions.yml
index f81119a750..8bf50600f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wr-pr-instructions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wr-pr-instructions.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
             const artifactJSON = JSON.parse(artifact)
             return artifactJSON
       
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       # Create the message to post
       - name: Post Comment
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wr-schedule-monthly.yml b/.github/workflows/wr-schedule-monthly.yml
index 6fe9dea113..0ff6240c78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wr-schedule-monthly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wr-schedule-monthly.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
     steps:
       - run: echo "The 'Schedule Monthly' workflow succeeded. Continuing."
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       # Creates a new issue in 'hackforla/website' repo with the saved lists
       - name: Create new issue
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: Create-New-Issue
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       
       - name: Get owner url
         id: get-owner-url
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wr-set-pr-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/wr-set-pr-labels.yaml
index 2690a3a7c0..094828058d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wr-set-pr-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wr-set-pr-labels.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       ARTIFACT_NAME: 'pr-labels'
       SCRIPT_PATH: './github-actions/trigger-pr/set-pr-labels.js'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: download-artifact
         name: 'Download artifact'
         uses: actions/github-script@v7