diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-app.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-app.yml
index b23e5f066b..67a4381b23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-app.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: Push Image to repo
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup-all.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup-all.yml
index 17a199d29c..c3f53a8a6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup-all.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup-all.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Cleanup atlas empty projects, and terminate cluster
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: CleanUp empty AtlasProjects older than one day
         uses: ./.github/actions/cleanup
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 7f36110cca..854a43faef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
     - name: Prepare tag
       id: prepare
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 69e047b552..f9c596603e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     name: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2.5.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
index e9041143d4..83fb286010 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0 #required for tags
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-post-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/release-post-merge.yml
index ff6d3f3cbe..b893c684e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-post-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-post-merge.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "::set-output name=tag::$tag"
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 #needs for tags
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-forked.yml b/.github/workflows/test-forked.yml
index f888536337..a03581685f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-forked.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-forked.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: allowed
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
           repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         test: ["AtlasProject", "AtlasCluster", "AtlasDatabaseUser"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
           repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: allowed
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
           repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       DOCKER_REPO: mongodb/mongodb-atlas-kubernetes-operator-prerelease
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
           repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
           repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: allowed
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
           repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ea8728be60..0adb146f98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: allowed
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: Cache multiple paths
         uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         test: ["AtlasProject", "AtlasCluster", "AtlasDatabaseUser"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: Cache multiple paths
         uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: allowed
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: Cache multiple paths
         uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       DOCKER_REPO: mongodb/mongodb-atlas-kubernetes-operator-prerelease
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # required for tags
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           # Make sure we also get the helm-charts submodule!
           submodules: recursive
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: allowed
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: CleanUp empty AtlasProjects older than one day
         uses: ./.github/actions/cleanup