diff --git a/.github/workflows/CIS-Anchore-Grype.yml b/.github/workflows/CIS-Anchore-Grype.yml
index a041261..33390bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CIS-Anchore-Grype.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CIS-Anchore-Grype.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Build an image from Dockerfile
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CIS-Trivy-AquaSecurity.yml b/.github/workflows/CIS-Trivy-AquaSecurity.yml
index a257ace..8af499b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CIS-Trivy-AquaSecurity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CIS-Trivy-AquaSecurity.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Build an image from Dockerfile
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/DAST-ZAP-Zed-Attach-Proxy-Checkmarx.yml b/.github/workflows/DAST-ZAP-Zed-Attach-Proxy-Checkmarx.yml
index 63b50e5..fbf7156 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/DAST-ZAP-Zed-Attach-Proxy-Checkmarx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/DAST-ZAP-Zed-Attach-Proxy-Checkmarx.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       # build and start your application here
       # conditionally run the build step
       # assuming the application is a Docker container
diff --git a/.github/workflows/IACS-AquaSecurity-tfsec.yml b/.github/workflows/IACS-AquaSecurity-tfsec.yml
index 12d81d5..57102b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/IACS-AquaSecurity-tfsec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/IACS-AquaSecurity-tfsec.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Run tfsec
         uses: aquasecurity/tfsec-sarif-action@v0.1.4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/IACS-Checkmarx-kics.yml b/.github/workflows/IACS-Checkmarx-kics.yml
index dab9703..86b34db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/IACS-Checkmarx-kics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/IACS-Checkmarx-kics.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Mkdir results-dir
         # make sure results dir is created
diff --git a/.github/workflows/IACS-Microsoft-Security-DevOps.yml b/.github/workflows/IACS-Microsoft-Security-DevOps.yml
index 6c2af9a..2d97bb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/IACS-Microsoft-Security-DevOps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/IACS-Microsoft-Security-DevOps.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     # Windows and Linux agents are supported
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     
     - name: Run Microsoft Security DevOps
       uses: microsoft/security-devops-action@v1.12.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/MSDO-Microsoft-Security-DevOps.yml b/.github/workflows/MSDO-Microsoft-Security-DevOps.yml
index facdd02..ae11b9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/MSDO-Microsoft-Security-DevOps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/MSDO-Microsoft-Security-DevOps.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     # Windows and Linux agents are supported
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Run Microsoft Security DevOps
       uses: microsoft/security-devops-action@v1.12.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/SAST-GitHubAdvancedSecurity-CodeQL.yml b/.github/workflows/SAST-GitHubAdvancedSecurity-CodeQL.yml
index de81b1e..7b5584a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/SAST-GitHubAdvancedSecurity-CodeQL.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/SAST-GitHubAdvancedSecurity-CodeQL.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         # your codebase is analyzed, see https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/codeql-code-scanning-for-compiled-languages
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     # Add any setup steps before running the `github/codeql-action/init` action.
     # This includes steps like installing compilers or runtimes (`actions/setup-node`
diff --git a/.github/workflows/SAST-Kubesec.yml b/.github/workflows/SAST-Kubesec.yml
index cf4cd54..74ed82c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/SAST-Kubesec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/SAST-Kubesec.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Run kubesec scanner (critical-double.yaml)
         uses: controlplaneio/kubesec-action@43d0ddff5ffee89a6bb9f29b64cd865411137b14
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Run kubesec scanner (score-5-pod-serviceaccount.yaml)
         uses: controlplaneio/kubesec-action@43d0ddff5ffee89a6bb9f29b64cd865411137b14
diff --git a/.github/workflows/SCA-Anchore-Syft-SBOM.yml b/.github/workflows/SCA-Anchore-Syft-SBOM.yml
index 7f0c46d..e56d50a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/SCA-Anchore-Syft-SBOM.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/SCA-Anchore-Syft-SBOM.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Build the Docker image
         run: docker build ./src/webapp01 --file ./src/webapp01/Dockerfile --tag ${{ env.imageName }}:${{ env.tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/SCA-GitHubAdvancedSecurity-DependencyReview.yml b/.github/workflows/SCA-GitHubAdvancedSecurity-DependencyReview.yml
index 5fa2e06..b42bea6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/SCA-GitHubAdvancedSecurity-DependencyReview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/SCA-GitHubAdvancedSecurity-DependencyReview.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: 'Dependency Review'
         uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4
         # Commonly enabled options, see https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action#configuration-options for all available options.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/SCA-Microsoft-SBOM.yml b/.github/workflows/SCA-Microsoft-SBOM.yml
index b8e7d15..492f80c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/SCA-Microsoft-SBOM.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/SCA-Microsoft-SBOM.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Setup .NET Core
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/SCA-OpenSSF-Scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/SCA-OpenSSF-Scorecard.yml
index 79b0d20..a2ac93c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/SCA-OpenSSF-Scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/SCA-OpenSSF-Scorecard.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 31a7c32..ecaf0d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       # Checkout the repo
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       
       # Setup .NET Core SDK
       - name: Setup .NET Core
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index 3a464a4..3797f3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Checkout the repo
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       
       # Setup .NET Core SDK
       - name: Setup .NET Core