diff --git a/.github/workflows/contributors.yml b/.github/workflows/contributors.yml
index 6e51495a..00b581c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contributors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contributors.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: 'Checkout New Branch and Push It'
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-preview-prepare.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-preview-prepare.yml
index a509ac77..befd4008 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-preview-prepare.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-preview-prepare.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       NETLIFY_SITE_PREFIX: pullrequest-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
       NETLIFY_SITE_NAME: dms-doc-previews
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: 'Build with mkdocs-material via Docker'
         working-directory: docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-production-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-production-deploy.yml
index 8c8faa23..cb8bdbed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-production-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-production-deploy.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     name: 'Deploy Docs'
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: 'Check if deploy is for a `v<major>.<minor>` tag version instead of `edge`'
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ jobs:
     needs: deploy
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout the tagged commit (shallow clone)'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: 'Checkout the docs deployment branch to a subdirectory'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: gh-pages
           path: gh-pages
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: add-version-to-docs
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout the docs deployment branch'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: gh-pages
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generic_build.yml b/.github/workflows/generic_build.yml
index a86b0ed6..d1e837a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generic_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generic_build.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       build-cache-key: ${{ steps.derive-image-cache-key.outputs.digest }}
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generic_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/generic_publish.yml
index 598c12a3..b3a64ef0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generic_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generic_publish.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generic_test.yml b/.github/workflows/generic_test.yml
index 5b460cce..bc2adb6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generic_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generic_test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # Required to retrieve bats (core + extras):
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generic_vulnerability-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/generic_vulnerability-scan.yml
index 69e8cea3..b5ed5e9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generic_vulnerability-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generic_vulnerability-scan.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Get the cached build layers from the build job:
       # This should always be a cache-hit, thus `restore-keys` fallback is not used.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index e9339a67..bdde2d0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Hadolint
         run: make hadolint