diff --git a/.github/workflows/jira_cloud_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/jira_cloud_ci.yml
index d237963f5..503cd56dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jira_cloud_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jira_cloud_ci.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.10"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jira_server_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/jira_server_ci.yml
index 56f8e3eb6..133a10007 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jira_server_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jira_server_ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         jira-version: [8.17.1]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 46462fde4..75239c657 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python3 -m pip install --user "tox>=4.0.0"
 
       - name: Check out src from Git
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # needed by setuptools-scm
           submodules: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index 56f1c5b03..835bace77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update -y
           sudo apt-get --assume-yes --no-install-recommends install -y apt-transport-https curl libkrb5-dev
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # needed by setuptools-scm
           submodules: true
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       # checkout needed for codecov action which needs codecov.yml file
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python # likely needed for coverage
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5