diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docker-images-for-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docker-images-for-testing.yml
index 36b7af50ed1..052fb5896a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-docker-images-for-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docker-images-for-testing.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           echo $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fetch-oas.yml b/.github/workflows/fetch-oas.yml
index ff69774a2e5..b74f88b4429 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fetch-oas.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fetch-oas.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         file-type: [yaml, json]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: release/${{ env.release_version }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index 047ef855d79..c5ada9b6fb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 61cf39f956e..d1f1bbab941 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
 
       # load docker images from build jobs
       - name: Load images from artifacts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
index 2d7489615b8..95ad585fef9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
             os: debian
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
 
       - name: Setup Minikube
         uses: manusa/actions-setup-minikube@b589f2d61bf96695c546929c72b38563e856059d # v2.14.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-1-create-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-1-create-pr.yml
index c4d0575d1ce..2c0cd53c786 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-1-create-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-1-create-pr.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "GITHUB_ORG=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout from_branch branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.from_branch }}
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git push origin HEAD:${NEW_BRANCH}
 
       - name: Checkout release branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEW_BRANCH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-2-tag-docker-push.yml b/.github/workflows/release-2-tag-docker-push.yml
index 93e132fa43c..dd3369eadd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-2-tag-docker-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-2-tag-docker-push.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: master
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-3-master-into-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/release-3-master-into-dev.yml
index 090564df22f..708b9f31c44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-3-master-into-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-3-master-into-dev.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "GITHUB_ORG=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout master
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: master
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git push origin HEAD:${NEW_BRANCH}
 
       - name: Checkout new branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEW_BRANCH }}
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "GITHUB_ORG=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout master
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: master
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git push origin HEAD:${NEW_BRANCH}
 
       - name: Checkout new branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEW_BRANCH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
index 411dd544085..b376923d5b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Checkout tag
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.release_number }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-helm-chart.yml b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-helm-chart.yml
index 7dbfc22c12e..719071c68e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-helm-chart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-helm-chart.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.release_number }}
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-x-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release-x-nightly.yml
index 0c2736e70c9..9ce48ef4254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-x-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-x-nightly.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch-to-build }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml b/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml
index a1ad72e11d3..cc79049bfe8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
index 8b71ce136cc..591f9cabf27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           echo $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff.yml b/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
index f1293771d3f..58a56dc5aa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
       
       - name: Install Ruff Linter
         run: pip install -r requirements-lint.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
index ae40e2b8958..cb53b4b76ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
 
       - name: Run ShellCheck
         uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@00cae500b08a931fb5698e11e79bfbd38e612a38 # 2.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-helm-chart.yml b/.github/workflows/test-helm-chart.yml
index f59a9798fe2..d164f2fbc23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-helm-chart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-helm-chart.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
 
       - name: Generate values schema json
         uses: losisin/helm-values-schema-json-action@660c441a4a507436a294fc55227e1df54aca5407 # v2.3.1
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
       - name: Run ah lint
         working-directory: ./helm/defectdojo
         run: |-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-sample-data.yml b/.github/workflows/update-sample-data.yml
index 941e18c247d..680ce049361 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-sample-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-sample-data.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout the repository
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.ref_name || 'dev'}}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_docs_build.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_docs_build.yml
index 483e4ff9f1f..f83d6d189b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_docs_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_docs_build.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0