diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
index b26bf0a..9829ee7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [ 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
index 6a9500d..a86c629 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   license_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
index 275e208..793a5af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: master
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
           ref: master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
index 8e23a6b..2276074 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: publish_alpha
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Send message to Matrix bots channel
         id: matrix-chat-message
         uses: fadenb/matrix-chat-message@v0.0.6
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout dev branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index a3b17ee..2f4cf76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [ 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with: