diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-eval.yml b/.github/workflows/basic-eval.yml
index 9eb5efabc3739..76a5b817c7c52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-eval.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-eval.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     # we don't limit this action to only NixOS repo since the checks are cheap and useful developer feedback
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v25
     - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v12
       with:
         # This cache is for the nixpkgs repo checks and should not be trusted or used elsewhere.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-by-name.yml b/.github/workflows/check-by-name.yml
index b0282cdbc769c..48778867c80ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-by-name.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-by-name.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "baseSha=$(git rev-parse HEAD^1)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
           echo "headSha=$(git rev-parse HEAD^2)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v25
       - name: Determining channel to use for dependencies
         run: |
           echo "Determining the preferred channel to use for PR base branch $GITHUB_BASE_REF"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-maintainers-sorted.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-maintainers-sorted.yaml
index d399951f65df0..42eda329d10a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-maintainers-sorted.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-maintainers-sorted.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
           ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
-      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v25
         with:
           # explicitly enable sandbox
           extra_nix_config: sandbox = true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml b/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
index b5c3c7fd95cd0..b9644d8fe36cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
         ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v25
       with:
         # nixpkgs commit is pinned so that it doesn't break
         # editorconfig-checker 2.4.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-nixos.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-nixos.yml
index 6be47caf278d9..a4e0e0dda6370 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-nixos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-nixos.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
           ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
-      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v25
         with:
           # explicitly enable sandbox
           extra_nix_config: sandbox = true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-nixpkgs.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-nixpkgs.yml
index f148aee076d50..a19a8587d8a15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-nixpkgs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-nixpkgs.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
           ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
-      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v25
         with:
           # explicitly enable sandbox
           extra_nix_config: sandbox = true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-terraform-providers.yml b/.github/workflows/update-terraform-providers.yml
index 5aa1693bc9b3b..0ee2ee931ae1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-terraform-providers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-terraform-providers.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v25
         with:
           nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable
       - name: setup