diff --git a/.github/workflows/branch_deleted.yaml b/.github/workflows/branch_deleted.yaml
index e46f977..1f6a1bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branch_deleted.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branch_deleted.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source files
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator_e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator_e2e.yaml
index 6936511..ddf6e7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator_e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator_e2e.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.RUNS_ON }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator_pull_request.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator_pull_request.yaml
index a436550..ff65859 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator_pull_request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator_pull_request.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator_push.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator_push.yaml
index 0711074..7161f07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator_push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator_push.yaml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator_release.yaml
index 4de5a72..7244da8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator_release.yaml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.RUNS_ON }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_operator_image_and_bundle.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish_operator_image_and_bundle.yaml
index c6e0950..c737678 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_operator_image_and_bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_operator_image_and_bundle.yaml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_closed.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_closed.yaml
index e7df7c6..8e338a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_closed.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_closed.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source files
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_container_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_container_build.yaml
index cb5b056..d97f243 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_container_build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_container_build.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip-ci]')"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           persist-credentials: false # otherwise, the token used is the GITHUB_TOKEN, instead of your personal token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_coverage.yaml
index d7d4215..07a5281 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_coverage.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_doc_qa.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_doc_qa.yaml
index aa89131..5b4eaae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_doc_qa.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_doc_qa.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   link_check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.sha}}
       - name: Link checking with retries
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
   spell_check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.sha}}
           submodules: recursive
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
   style_check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.sha}}
       - name: Style check
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
   markdown_lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.sha}}
       - name: markdownlint-cli
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_tekton.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_tekton.yaml
index 4ca2f02..9a8ae53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_tekton.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_tekton.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: '0'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_versioned_doc.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_versioned_doc.yaml
index e9b5c56..5dc25f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_versioned_doc.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_versioned_doc.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       current_branch: ${{ steps.current_branch.outputs.CURRENT_BRANCH }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source files
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yaml b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
index f93a542..6359a61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise you will fail to push refs to dest repo
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_container.yaml b/.github/workflows/push_container.yaml
index 1e6872d..336f8d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_container.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_container.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip-ci]')"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, you will fail to push refs to dest repo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_container_only.yaml b/.github/workflows/push_container_only.yaml
index cb7b934..0b30481 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_container_only.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_container_only.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           persist-credentials: false # otherwise, the token used is the GITHUB_TOKEN, instead of your personal token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_tekton.yaml b/.github/workflows/push_tekton.yaml
index 4f5c166..7866970 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_tekton.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_tekton.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: '0'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_versioned_doc.yaml b/.github/workflows/push_versioned_doc.yaml
index 3e33df8..5e2ae7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_versioned_doc.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_versioned_doc.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source files
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rdlm_acquire.yaml b/.github/workflows/rdlm_acquire.yaml
index bdd940c..f8be98f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rdlm_acquire.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rdlm_acquire.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Run acquire.sh
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rdlm_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/rdlm_release.yaml
index 321027d..395a5ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rdlm_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rdlm_release.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Run release.sh
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index ff451a9..1ca6c88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           persist-credentials: false # otherwise your personal token will be used
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_template.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_template.yaml
index 9cf0a3f..53ee115 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_template.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_template.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           persist-credentials: false # otherwise your personal token will be used