diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark_pipeline_times.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark_pipeline_times.yml
index 2301b0e59..839e2b1af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark_pipeline_times.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark_pipeline_times.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           - { target: "cpu", nthreads: 1 }
           - { target: "parallel", nthreads: 4 } # each free ubuntu-latest runner provides 4 cpus
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-tags: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index 1579b1c89..2fda7a752 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   documentation:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       with:
         fetch-tags: true
     - name: Set up Python 3.14
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index a533bc360..19046f7ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ['3.10','3.14']
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       with:
         fetch-tags: true
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 136dfe42a..1da1a3527 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_docker.yml b/.github/workflows/release_docker.yml
index 7f88fd364..5f7f9eaea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_docker.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-tags: true
       # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.