diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9e78a98..d45a170 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - name: Install ctld-tools (the build regenerates CTLD_config_defaults.lua via gen-config)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       COVERAGE_FLOOR: '59'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - name: Generate engine defaults (the busted loader dofile's CTLD_config_defaults.lua)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 96c40dd..60777c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0   # mike needs the full gh-pages history
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml
index 05c4c5f..b00cd99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-quality.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 752aefd..0c8d01c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - name: Install ctld-tools (the build regenerates CTLD_config_defaults.lua via gen-config)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - name: Build ctld-tools.exe