diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a4c59101..8b080890 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
   #       os: [windows-latest]
   #   runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
   #   steps:
-  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
   #     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
   #       with:
   #         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1fe96f90..6bf61161 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           # by default, it uses a depth of 1
           # this fetches all history so that we can read each commit
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rename_project.yml b/.github/workflows/rename_project.yml
index 3c9d962a..9f9ae2bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rename_project.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rename_project.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ !contains (github.repository, '/python-project-template') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           # by default, it uses a depth of 1
           # this fetches all history so that we can read each commit