diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml b/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml
index e34224290..f9fa4bc56 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@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 11aec1ac8..d4ab13157 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Xonsh docs to gh-pages
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 7804c0fa8..2b30fa93e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [ "3.8", "3.9","3.10" ]
     name: Test Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with: