diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_validate.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_validate.yml
index ec87d32aa..6266e70ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs_validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs_validate.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     name: 📚 Doc validation
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0 # avoid shallow clone so nbgv can do its work.
     - name: 🔗 Markup Link Checker (mlc)