diff --git a/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
index 765d2dc6..2aa4b24a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
 
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v6"
         with:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
 
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v6"
         with:
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
             os: windows-11-arm
 
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v6"
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ jobs:
     name: "Test sse2 code on Linux (gcc)"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
 
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           repository: rapidfuzz/intel-sde
           path: sde
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 1798ef59..122cd9a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Generate coverage report for tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v6"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 79689532..92507e6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml b/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
index 5fe71b4d..f697fe69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build source distribution
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/submodule.yml b/.github/workflows/submodule.yml
index 28f6ee53..eb68262c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/submodule.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/submodule.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
       # checkout never fetches tags for submodules so do it manually