diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yaml b/.github/workflows/black.yaml
index 3a5d4ed3..4428a2fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/black.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   black:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2213a581..e94d337e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cov.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_cov.yaml
index 17f3caf9..5cd67125 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cov.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cov.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yaml
index 5caebca5..a1d1296c 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@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
index ac029ea1..863b3b79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - 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 9494c8a3..dc74541e 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@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spec_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/spec_tests.yaml
index e067a13e..ca39bd7b 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@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_installer.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_installer.yaml
index 22bd9810..03c04cf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_installer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_installer.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with: