diff --git a/.github/workflows/capi-smoke-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/capi-smoke-tests.yml
index 8ebca3b3d..cbd5add93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/capi-smoke-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/capi-smoke-tests.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dco.yaml b/.github/workflows/dco.yaml
index c304e6d9d..ee9fcdb0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dco.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dco.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout k0s
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.13.1
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 97c7ce4c2..510c18754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout k0smotron
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - name: Checkout k0s
-          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
         - name: Build docs dev container
           run: make -C docs .docker-image.serve-dev.stamp
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 820095fb9..a4ba0333d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # for `git describe`
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Download manager binary
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index fba85c6ff..78cdf9dec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
index 3d21be536..9fa16f845 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout k0s
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 84296ca7f..4f375b9cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Run git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sbom-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/sbom-upload.yml
index 3191ce4cf..fb38c706b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sbom-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sbom-upload.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Generate SBOM
         env: