diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml b/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml
index 46e31e737..af3bcd8fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       # note: the checkout will pull code from the base branch. This step should not pull code from the merge commit
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 6399cfeee..3cb965f63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Xonsh docs to gh-pages
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index c8d995416..85f98a350 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12-dev"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2a3f41315..3bcd57023 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           - "3.12-dev"
     name: Test Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with: