diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-style.yml b/.github/workflows/check-style.yml
index 19a145d4ad..108a2de903 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-style.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       jobname: ClangFormat
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
index 928fd4cfe2..ea6f49f742 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   check-whitespace:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 3435baeca2..89bef26727 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       COVERITY_LANGUAGE: cxx
       COVERITY_PLATFORM: overridden-below
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: install minimal Git for Windows SDK
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'windows')
         uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 6d7f26e71e..0ea266f27c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       group: windows-build-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: build
       shell: bash
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ jobs:
       group: vs-build-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: initialize vcpkg
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         repository: 'microsoft/vcpkg'
         path: 'compat/vcbuild/vcpkg'
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
       group: windows-meson-build-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
     - name: Set up dependencies
       shell: pwsh
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ jobs:
       group: windows-meson-test-${{ matrix.nr }}-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
     - name: Set up dependencies
       shell: pwsh
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ jobs:
       TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: ${{github.workspace}}/t
     runs-on: ${{matrix.vector.pool}}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
     - name: print test failures
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ jobs:
       CI_JOB_IMAGE: ubuntu-latest
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-build-and-minimal-fuzzers.sh
   dockerized:
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ jobs:
         else
           apt-get -q update && apt-get -q -y install git
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: useradd builder --create-home
     - run: chown -R builder .
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ jobs:
       group: static-analysis-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-static-analysis.sh
     - run: ci/check-directional-formatting.bash
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ jobs:
       group: rust-analysis-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-rust-checks.sh
   sparse:
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ jobs:
       group: sparse-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Install other dependencies
       run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: make sparse
@@ -510,6 +510,6 @@ jobs:
       CI_JOB_IMAGE: ubuntu-latest
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/test-documentation.sh