diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-issue-policy.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-issue-policy.yml
index b5b9523..da002aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-issue-policy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-issue-policy.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # checks out the base branch (not the PR head), so the comment template below
       # is our own committed copy and no untrusted code is fetched.
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
       - name: Flag PRs without an approved issue
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality.yml b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
index 2610278..1ad0b5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         go: ['1.22', '1.23', '1.24', '1.25', '1.26']
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write   # publish the report to the care dashboard
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version: stable
 
-      - uses: toaweme/care@8c5839056d7aeea9ffb5fb513bed9f9b9797e0d8 # v0.9.3
+      - uses: toaweme/care@e684a2e9486d28281fe12d9fdd1284aa946c2825 # v0.9.4
         with:
           strict: true                                  # fail CI on a failing check
           publish-url: https://code.toawe.me/ingest?kind=care
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index be1c61c..9841e79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version: stable
 
-      - uses: toaweme/care@8c5839056d7aeea9ffb5fb513bed9f9b9797e0d8 # v0.9.3
+      - uses: toaweme/care@e684a2e9486d28281fe12d9fdd1284aa946c2825 # v0.9.4
         with:
           strict: true
 
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0   # care needs full history to derive changelog notes
 
-      - uses: toaweme/care@8c5839056d7aeea9ffb5fb513bed9f9b9797e0d8 # v0.9.3
+      - uses: toaweme/care@e684a2e9486d28281fe12d9fdd1284aa946c2825 # v0.9.4
         with:
           install-only: true