diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
index b0657269..8eeeb7d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         - /home/runner:/home/runner
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_documentation.yml
index 40422c77..2d6145c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_documentation.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       # pull_request_target does not checkout the merge commit by default
       - name: Checkout
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: "refs/pull/${{ github.event.number }}/merge"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_header.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_header.yml
index 22aacb90..1506c1bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_header.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_header.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         - /home/runner:/home/runner
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup cache
         uses: seqan/actions/setup-actions-cache@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml
index 30f00799..5d33395c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         - /home/runner:/home/runner
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup cache
         uses: seqan/actions/setup-actions-cache@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yml
index 4ca1ec27..c7e9c71d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_macos.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         compiler: ["clang-latest", "clang-second-latest", "clang-third-latest", "gcc-latest", "gcc-second-latest", "gcc-third-latest"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup toolchain
         uses: seqan/actions/setup-toolchain@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron_codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/cron_codeql.yml
index 60c41e0e..c9cd1921 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron_codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron_codeql.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       image: ghcr.io/seqan/gcc-second-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron_sanitizer.yml b/.github/workflows/cron_sanitizer.yml
index 2c8e33e2..4062e52b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron_sanitizer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron_sanitizer.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
         - /home/runner:/home/runner
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup compiler
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'macos')