diff --git a/.droneignore b/.droneignore
index 06b886fc7beb..1310b46edda3 100644
--- a/.droneignore
+++ b/.droneignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ^.*\.md$
 ^install\.sh$
 ^\.droneignore$
-^\.github/*$
+^\.github\/.*$
 ^MAINTAINERS$
 ^CODEOWNERS$
 ^LICENSE$
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-k3s.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-k3s.yaml
index 3a791a98cd8a..2c39de9216b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-k3s.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-k3s.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
     - name: Checkout K3s
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Build K3s binary
       run: |
         DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 SKIP_IMAGE=1 SKIP_AIRGAP=1 SKIP_VALIDATE=1 GOCOVER=1 make
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cgroup.yaml b/.github/workflows/cgroup.yaml
index db9ee8580adb..9f0ef3ce3c87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cgroup.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cgroup.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: tests/cgroup/${{ matrix.mode }}/${{ matrix.vm }}
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: { fetch-depth: 1 }
       - name: "Download Binary"
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/install.yaml b/.github/workflows/install.yaml
index 65e589df4d75..148685c08d04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       INSTALL_K3S_SKIP_DOWNLOAD: binary
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: {fetch-depth: 1}
       - name: "Vagrant Cache"
         uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index 782a85282a57..46c47f86bb11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 3
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - name: Install Go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-install.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-install.yaml
index a1e2ed15d315..a907a51f97e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-install.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-install.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       INSTALL_K3S_CHANNEL: ${{ matrix.channel }}
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: {fetch-depth: 1}
       - name: "Vagrant Cache"
         uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snapshotter.yaml b/.github/workflows/snapshotter.yaml
index 2d98d5a50959..c342f068dc3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snapshotter.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snapshotter.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       VAGRANT_EXPERIMENTAL: disks
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: { fetch-depth: 1 }
       - name: "Download Binary"
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml
index a73e6f6f91fb..2663363e8138 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unitcoverage.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - name: Install Go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updatecli.yaml b/.github/workflows/updatecli.yaml
index 4bf9a26c85d2..50eedf8919f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/updatecli.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/updatecli.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4