diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d057caabc..24a3dfc39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
     # are not available as wheels, pip will build a wheel for them, which can be cached.
     - name: Install wheel
       run: pip install wheel
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - name: Fake a Planemo run to update cache and determine commit range, repositories, and chunks
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.11']
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     # checkout the repository
     # and use it as the current working directory
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/enable_ci_workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/enable_ci_workflows.yml
index b7a1999c7..875dfe950 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/enable_ci_workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/enable_ci_workflows.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Enable CI workflows
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - name: run Python script
diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup.yml b/.github/workflows/setup.yml
index a1c25541d..d27bb5919 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     # are not available as wheels, pip will build a wheel for them, which can be cached.
     - name: Install wheel
       run: pip install wheel
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Fake a Planemo run to update cache and determine commit range, repositories, and chunks
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/test_workflows.yml
index e04b2526b..f961e24a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_workflows.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 5432:5432
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/usegalaxy-star-installation.yml b/.github/workflows/usegalaxy-star-installation.yml
index 7dbd21f46..ea78b5f81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/usegalaxy-star-installation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/usegalaxy-star-installation.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   workflow-install:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Cache downloads
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow_test.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow_test.yml
index f16082538..32bfdb095 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow_test.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.11']
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.repository_owner == 'galaxyproject'
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5