diff --git a/.github/workflows/Scheduled-Dependabot-PRs-Auto-Merge.yml b/.github/workflows/Scheduled-Dependabot-PRs-Auto-Merge.yml
index 0653e3d70..e29507533 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Scheduled-Dependabot-PRs-Auto-Merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Scheduled-Dependabot-PRs-Auto-Merge.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install GitHub CLI
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/azure-dev-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/azure-dev-validation.yml
index f7c1e0e56..2cb8f6fa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/azure-dev-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/azure-dev-validation.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Step 1: Checkout the code from your repository
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Step 2: Validate the Azure template using microsoft/template-validation-action
       - name: Validate Azure Template
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bicep_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/bicep_deploy.yml
index f0e5b593e..39064dcb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bicep_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bicep_deploy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Run Quota Check
         id: quota-check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/broken-links-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/broken-links-checker.yml
index 3692fc1a0..eac55568c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/broken-links-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/broken-links-checker.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get changed markdown files (PR only)
         id: changed-markdown-files
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@24d32ffd492484c1d75e0c0b894501ddb9d30d62 # v46
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@e0021407031f5be11a464abee9a0776171c79891 # v46
         with:
           files: |
             **/*.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index a760ca88a..ac6734190 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
     
     # Installing DotNet version
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Setup dotnet ${{ matrix.dotnet-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index c712417bd..24e1f20c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.sha }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-KMGeneric.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-KMGeneric.yml
index ec79bd8bf..d4e87fba1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-KMGeneric.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-KMGeneric.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       API_APP_URL: ${{ steps.get_output.outputs.API_APP_URL }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Azure CLI
         run: |
           curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 9a2d3ca26..7c2e7e199 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
index 13adc7113..fffd5099b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index e7e086273..444d6491b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.11"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
index 4ddc83c4f..85c76e855 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch full history for accurate branch checks
       - name: Fetch All Branches
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Upload CSV Report of Inactive Branches
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: merged-branches-report
           path: merged_branches_report.csv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/telemetry-template-check.yml b/.github/workflows/telemetry-template-check.yml
index fa57162be..327ff61ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/telemetry-template-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/telemetry-template-check.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Check for required metadata template line
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-automation.yml b/.github/workflows/test-automation.yml
index 831bcc727..efc64143e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-automation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-automation.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload test report
         id: upload_report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         with:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d8f867f23..04377b4f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
 #     steps:
 #       - name: Checkout code
-#         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+#         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
   #       - name: Set up Node.js
   #         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6