diff --git a/.github/workflows/__call-ci-node.yml b/.github/workflows/__call-ci-node.yml
index 538678cf..82aa0438 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__call-ci-node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__call-ci-node.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Release
         id: setup_release
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__call-codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/__call-codeql.yml
index e4307264..b648de63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__call-codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__call-codeql.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Get repo languages
         id: lang
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: ${{ (matrix.language == 'swift' && 120) || 60 }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__call-common-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/__call-common-lint.yml
index c1505e6c..39736f58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__call-common-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__call-common-lint.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION: 20
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed_files
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__call-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/__call-docker.yml
index 12527e83..677df54e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__call-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__call-docker.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Find dockerfiles
         id: find
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
           clean-all: true
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ jobs:
       - docker
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             DOCKER_README.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__call-release-notifier.yml b/.github/workflows/__call-release-notifier.yml
index 6e6ab17c..5715b169 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__call-release-notifier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__call-release-notifier.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         if: >-
           steps.check-label.outputs.hasTopic == 'true' &&
           steps.check-release.outputs.isLatestRelease == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: "LizardByte/LizardByte.github.io"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__call-update-flathub-repo.yml b/.github/workflows/__call-update-flathub-repo.yml
index 00dd08e7..ad2ff643 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__call-update-flathub-repo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__call-update-flathub-repo.yml
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ jobs:
         if: >-
           steps.check-label.outputs.hasTopic == 'true' &&
           steps.check-release.outputs.isLatestRelease == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Checkout flathub-repo
         if: >-
           steps.check-label.outputs.hasTopic == 'true' &&
           steps.check-release.outputs.isLatestRelease == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: "flathub/${{ env.FLATHUB_PKG }}"
           path: "flathub/${{ env.FLATHUB_PKG }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__call-update-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/__call-update-npm.yml
index 5b632157..ce9eb4ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__call-update-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__call-update-npm.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
             extra-args: "--provenance --access public"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__call-update-pacman-repo.yml b/.github/workflows/__call-update-pacman-repo.yml
index 9ecccdf3..ac1e0ede 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__call-update-pacman-repo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__call-update-pacman-repo.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         if: >-
           steps.check-label.outputs.hasTopic == 'true' &&
           steps.check-release.outputs.isLatestRelease == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/pacman-repo
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__cla-gist-replicator.yml b/.github/workflows/__cla-gist-replicator.yml
index 3a360e3c..b346fd28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__cla-gist-replicator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__cla-gist-replicator.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           - file_path: 'legal/cla/metadata'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Deploy Gist
         uses: exuanbo/actions-deploy-gist@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__global-replicator.yml b/.github/workflows/__global-replicator.yml
index a7f85300..eafdbee7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__global-replicator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__global-replicator.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Removing files
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       # checkout between each step to ensure we have a clean GitHub workspace
       # see https://github.com/derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories/issues/61#issuecomment-1747013728
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (general)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (docs)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (flathub)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (homebrew)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (pacman)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (winget)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (node)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (python)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (docker)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (c, cpp)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (custom issues)
         # GitHub will not show the global issue config if there are any custom templates in the repo
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: ''
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Replicating files (release/changelog workflows)
         uses: derberg/manage-files-in-multiple-repositories@beecbe897cf5ed7f3de5a791a3f2d70102fe7c25  # v2.1.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__renovate-config-validator.yml b/.github/workflows/__renovate-config-validator.yml
index b3dc542b..5495e578 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__renovate-config-validator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__renovate-config-validator.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Find additional files
         id: find-files
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__update-cpm-cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/__update-cpm-cmake.yml
index 29df72ce..8a50741c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__update-cpm-cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__update-cpm-cmake.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 1  # run one at a time to attempt to avoid GitHub api rate limits
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ matrix.repo }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_BOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__update_license_years.yml b/.github/workflows/__update_license_years.yml
index a86870a7..5dbf1cd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__update_license_years.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__update_license_years.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 1  # run one at a time to attempt to avoid GitHub api rate limits
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ matrix.repo }}
           fetch-depth: 0