diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
index a58e2dc8ad6279..a241a63428bd20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   check-whitespace:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clangarm64-build.yml b/.github/workflows/clangarm64-build.yml
index a826dc5b312ac8..79d1c7589d8033 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clangarm64-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clangarm64-build.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       NO_PERL: 1
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
         with:
           flavor: makepkg-git
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 4dfc2524d74189..53cf12fe044425 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       COVERITY_LANGUAGE: cxx
       COVERITY_PLATFORM: overridden-below
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: install minimal Git for Windows SDK
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'windows')
         uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 00c516498eda89..d5f78872e2f81a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       group: windows-build-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: build
       shell: bash
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ jobs:
       group: vs-build-${{ github.ref }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: initialize vcpkg
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         repository: 'microsoft/vcpkg'
         path: 'compat/vcbuild/vcpkg'
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ jobs:
       runs_on_pool: ${{matrix.vector.pool}}
     runs-on: ${{matrix.vector.pool}}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
     - name: print test failures
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: ${{matrix.vector.image}}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       if: matrix.vector.jobname != 'linux32'
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       if: matrix.vector.jobname == 'linux32'
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ jobs:
       group: static-analysis-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-static-analysis.sh
     - run: ci/check-directional-formatting.bash
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ jobs:
         artifact: sparse-20.04
     - name: Install the current `sparse` package
       run: sudo dpkg -i sparse-20.04/sparse_*.deb
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Install other dependencies
       run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: make sparse
@@ -399,6 +399,6 @@ jobs:
       jobname: Documentation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/test-documentation.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nano-server.yml b/.github/workflows/nano-server.yml
index 580725c8172979..3d943c23d2616d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nano-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nano-server.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       IMAGE: mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:nanoserver-ltsc2022
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
       - name: build Git
         shell: bash