diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 7b19f1a..ae52ba1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
     name: build the site
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Install the documentation tools
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a83eb55..fa5170d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
     name: build and check the distributions
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Build the sdist and wheel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index b78db5d..13507f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - name: Install (numpy + scipy only)
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ jobs:
     name: with extras (pyshtools, xarray)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Install with extras
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ jobs:
     name: ruff (lint and format)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Install ruff