diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index b9e46f5b..9be114b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
           token: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && secrets.REPO_AND_READ_PACKAGES_PAT || secrets.XML_SUBMODULE_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_test.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_test.yml
index 3e8a773f..9c448215 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/formatting.yml
index 12cbc6c6..b740eb6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/formatting.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         tool: ["black", "isort"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/no_byte_order_mark.yml b/.github/workflows/no_byte_order_mark.yml
index ecbdba2a..3c99c069 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/no_byte_order_mark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/no_byte_order_mark.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ jobs:
   bom-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: arma-actions/bom-check@v1
         name: Check for BOM
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging_test.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging_test.yml
index 0389b29f..38d5b8bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging_test.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   check_packaging:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index 5332e26a..aa567304 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
           token: ${{ secrets.XML_SUBMODULE_PAT }} # token with repo scope; expires never
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     needs: tests
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonlint.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonlint.yml
index 3953e128..f2116dab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonlint.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         linter-env: ["linting", "type_check", "spell_check"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
index eb377871..6acf7e29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         cli: [install_typer, skip_typer]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
           token: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && secrets.REPO_AND_READ_PACKAGES_PAT || secrets.XML_SUBMODULE_PAT }}