diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
index d7686560..29d9b144 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Run Linter
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         name: Checkout code
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Install Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       image_tag: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Install Go
       id: set-go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
       KIND_NODE_IMAGE: "kindest/node:v1.32.0"
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       name: Install Go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: system_tests
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Get operator manifest
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 7a7f86de..3c0ed422 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     # Manually install the right version of Go
     # See https://github.com/github/codeql-action/issues/1842 and https://github.com/github/codeql/issues/13992
diff --git a/.github/workflows/olm.yml b/.github/workflows/olm.yml
index 8b67a129..aef17768 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/olm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/olm.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
 
         steps:
         - name: Checkout code
-          uses: actions/checkout@v5
+          uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
         - name: Set image tag to tagged release
           id: set_bundle_version
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           olm_package_version: ${{ needs.create-olm-package.outputs.olm_package_version }}
         steps:
         - name: Checkout code
-          uses: actions/checkout@v5
+          uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
         - name: Install Go
           uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' || inputs.release == true }}
       steps:
         - name: Checkout community-operators fork (OperatorHub)
-          uses: actions/checkout@v5
+          uses: actions/checkout@v6
           with:
             repository: rabbitmq/community-operators
             # secret_rabbitmq/kv/Shared-Shared-RabbitMQ%2Frabbitmq-ci/details
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' || inputs.release == true }}
       steps:
         - name: Checkout community-operators-prod fork (Openshift Ecosystem)
-          uses: actions/checkout@v5
+          uses: actions/checkout@v6
           with:
             repository: rabbitmq/community-operators-prod
             # secret_rabbitmq/kv/Shared-Shared-RabbitMQ%2Frabbitmq-ci/details
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index a0e18724..c59d61dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         name: Checkout code
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Install Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         k8s: [v1.26.6, v1.30.4]
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       name: Setup Go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-versioned-api-ref.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-versioned-api-ref.yml
index 6fe55d03..204dd773 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-versioned-api-ref.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-versioned-api-ref.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout operator codebase
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: messaging-topology-operator
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo VERSION="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Checkout wiki codebase
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository }}.wiki
           path: wiki