diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 71e59d8a2fe..8100e5f9ea2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Restore pnpm install cache
       if: ${{ inputs.pnpm-restore-cache == 'true' }}
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v5
       with:
         path: ${{ env.STORE_PATH }}
         key: ${{ env.PNPM_INSTALL_CACHE_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/activity-notifications.yml b/.github/workflows/activity-notifications.yml
index c425fb30a08..c87fef11656 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/activity-notifications.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/activity-notifications.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - name: Popular Issues to Slack
diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/audit-dependencies.yml
index 8143baf169c..f28469fe179 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/audit-dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit-dependencies.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dispatch-event.yml b/.github/workflows/dispatch-event.yml
index e2b6acb1124..376f19db696 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dispatch-event.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dispatch-event.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ jobs:
     name: Repository dispatch
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Dispatch event
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v3
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAYLOAD_REPOSITORY_DISPATCH }}
           repository: ${{ secrets.REMOTE_REPOSITORY }}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Dispatch event
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v3
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAYLOAD_REPOSITORY_DISPATCH }}
           repository: payloadcms/website
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-on-change.yml b/.github/workflows/label-on-change.yml
index 1075d468593..5dec55d760f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label-on-change.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label-on-change.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.action == 'labeled' && startsWith(github.event.label.name, 'status:')
     steps:
       - name: Ensure only one status label
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.action == 'closed'
     steps:
       - name: Remove all labels on issue close
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lock-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/lock-issues.yml
index 5546a3b252f..ee2f7e35741 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lock-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lock-issues.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Lock issues
-        uses: dessant/lock-threads@v5
+        uses: dessant/lock-threads@v6
         with:
           process-only: 'issues'
           issue-inactive-days: '7'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4ea3588407d..b3b4adaa314 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: tune linux network
         run: sudo ethtool -K eth0 tx off rx off
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
         id: filter
         with:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           DO_NOT_TRACK: 1 # Disable Turbopack telemetry
 
       - name: Cache build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [changes, build]
     if: needs.changes.outputs.needs_tests == 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [changes, build]
     if: needs.changes.outputs.needs_tests == 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.generate.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/workflows
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
         options: --health-cmd "redis-cli ping" --health-timeout 30s --health-retries 3
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.generate.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/workflows
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [changes, build]
     if: needs.changes.outputs.needs_tests == 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm prepare-run-test-against-prod:ci
 
       - name: Cache prepared test environment
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v5
         with:
           path: |
             test/packed
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       SUITE_NAME: ${{ matrix.suite }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -311,14 +311,14 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
           fail-on-cache-miss: true
 
       - name: Restore prepared test environment
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v5
         with:
           path: |
             test/packed
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cache Playwright Browsers for Playwright's Version
         id: cache-playwright-browsers
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/ms-playwright
           key: playwright-browsers-${{ env.PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION }}
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ jobs:
           PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME: results_${{ matrix.suite }}_${{ matrix.shard }}.json
           NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: 1
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         if: always()
         with:
           name: test-results-${{ matrix.suite }}_${{ matrix.shard }}
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       SUITE_NAME: ${{ matrix.suite }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cache Playwright Browsers for Playwright's Version
         id: cache-playwright-browsers
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/ms-playwright
           key: playwright-browsers-${{ env.PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION }}
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ jobs:
           PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME: results_${{ matrix.suite }}.json
           NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: 1
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         if: always()
         with:
           name: test-results-turbo${{ matrix.suite }}
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ jobs:
           #   database: postgres
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cache Playwright Browsers for Playwright's Version
         id: cache-playwright-browsers
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/ms-playwright
           key: playwright-browsers-${{ env.PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION }}
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [changes, build]
     if: needs.changes.outputs.needs_tests == 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read # for fetching base branch bundle stats
       pull-requests: write # for comments
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Node setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-propagation-delay: 120 # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1710
 
       - name: Restore build
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./*
           key: ${{ github.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-release-templates.yml b/.github/workflows/post-release-templates.yml
index 306948eb76d..b5930bb3617 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-release-templates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-release-templates.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       release_tag: ${{ steps.determine_tag.outputs.release_tag }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           sparse-checkout: .github/workflows
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "branch=$BRANCH_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Create pull request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_POST_RELEASE_TEMPLATES }}
           labels: 'area: templates'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
index 48192b09f07..124fe7201cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/release-commenter
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Announce Release - Releases Channel
         uses: SethCohen/github-releases-to-discord@v1.19.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-prerelease.yml
index 0a23d81ada3..c70766239b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-prerelease.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - name: Load npm token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index d23d6b88691..95b8c4cae11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@v10
         id: stale
         with:
           debug-only: ${{ inputs.dry-run || false }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/triage.yml b/.github/workflows/triage.yml
index fb5e2ec1b1b..ee2780e80fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/triage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/triage.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: View context attributes
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: console.log({ context })
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Tag with 'created-by'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'issues'
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}