diff --git a/.github/workflows/0-welcome.yml b/.github/workflows/0-welcome.yml
index 8f91e6e..9179bb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/0-welcome.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/0-welcome.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: get_step
         run: |
           echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README.
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/1-initialize-javascript-project.yml b/.github/workflows/1-initialize-javascript-project.yml
index efee808..119ab1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/1-initialize-javascript-project.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/1-initialize-javascript-project.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: get_step
         run: |
           echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/2-configure-your-action.yml b/.github/workflows/2-configure-your-action.yml
index fcee4af..2f3c665 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/2-configure-your-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/2-configure-your-action.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: get_step
         run: |
           echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README.
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/3-create-metadata-file.yml b/.github/workflows/3-create-metadata-file.yml
index 36cd897..35115cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/3-create-metadata-file.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/3-create-metadata-file.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: get_step
         run: |
           echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README.
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/4-create-javascript-files-for-action.yml b/.github/workflows/4-create-javascript-files-for-action.yml
index b417020..7786c49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/4-create-javascript-files-for-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/4-create-javascript-files-for-action.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: get_step
         run: |
           echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README.
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/5-add-action-to-workflow-file.yml b/.github/workflows/5-add-action-to-workflow-file.yml
index 76b4584..9705e37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/5-add-action-to-workflow-file.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/5-add-action-to-workflow-file.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: get_step
         run: |
           echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README.
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/6-trigger-action.yml b/.github/workflows/6-trigger-action.yml
index 939512b..bb64396 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/6-trigger-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/6-trigger-action.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - id: get_step
         run: |
           echo "current_step=$(cat ./.github/steps/-step.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # We'll need to check out the repository so that we can edit the README.
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Let's get all the branches.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/my-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/my-workflow.yml
index d877e38..7cee5cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/my-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/my-workflow.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: ha-ha
         uses: ./.github/actions/joke-action