diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cov.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_cov.yaml
index 46e155684..c0b358414 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cov.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cov.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml
index 589aebb12..ceb556120 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
index 9c6511f6c..ac029ea19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Codespell
         uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index e5e50244c..e29479b7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spec_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/spec_tests.yaml
index 98f69a865..285d0b23c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spec_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spec_tests.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout hed-python
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_installer.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_installer.yaml
index 4be55c0cc..a18e7662a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_installer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_installer.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with: