diff --git a/.github/workflows/agentready-assessment.yml b/.github/workflows/agentready-assessment.yml
index 830eaeb0..202ecc20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/agentready-assessment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/agentready-assessment.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       
       - name: Check AgentReady ACL
         id: check-agentready-acl
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout current repository
         if: steps.parse.outputs.assess_current == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6f62807f..1f781c70 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Blocking Tests & Quality Checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true  # Don't fail CI
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PR branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-test.yml b/.github/workflows/container-test.yml
index 35a7ff27..8ab1739a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Create test directories
         run: mkdir -p ${{ github.workspace }}/test-reports
diff --git a/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml b/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml
index be541277..fd2a345c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       # for the agentready tools, then fetch only the submission file from PR.
       # See: https://github.com/ambient-code/agentready/pull/312
       - name: Checkout upstream for validation tools
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository }}
           ref: main
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write           # Commit and push updated leaderboard data
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7d06fbfc..0d468dbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: main
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/research-update.yml b/.github/workflows/research-update.yml
index c97f7ac9..614de76f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/research-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/research-update.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security.yml b/.github/workflows/security.yml
index 820789ab..cb06d4f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
index abc556a1..9151e3d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0