diff --git a/.github/workflows/bids_validator.yml b/.github/workflows/bids_validator.yml
index 30a4cac..b5ed7b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bids_validator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bids_validator.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: '18'
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: true
         fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_md_links.yml b/.github/workflows/check_md_links.yml
index 12c13fc..a8f4519 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_md_links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_md_links.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ jobs:
   markdown-link-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index a85e275..52d117f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ jobs:
   codespell:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_matlab.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_matlab.yml
index 4e96ac0..e489f48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_matlab.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_matlab.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         release: ${{matrix.version}}
 
     - name: Install
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: true
         fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_octave.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_octave.yml
index 09ffff4..4a01345 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_octave.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_octave.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: true
         fetch-depth: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_cff.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_cff.yml
index d1b9295..472cf12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_cff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_cff.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
   validate_cff:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is valid
       uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@2.0.0
       with: