diff --git a/.github/workflows/apply.yml b/.github/workflows/apply.yml
index d2db242..ff2960e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apply.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apply.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Lint + schema-check before apply
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: yamllint
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install --quiet yamllint
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: validate
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Confirm the APPLY phrase
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lychee.yml b/.github/workflows/lychee.yml
index 2c07a4d..a9180db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lychee.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lychee.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
         with:
           args: --no-progress --max-concurrency 4 --exclude-mail './**/*.md' './**/*.html'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pin-prod-images.yml b/.github/workflows/pin-prod-images.yml
index 8c74e0f..2db3955 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pin-prod-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pin-prod-images.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Validate tag matches production regex
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview-create.yml b/.github/workflows/preview-create.yml
index 00e56e4..d0a608d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview-create.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview-create.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "preview url:       ${PREVIEW_URL}"
 
       - name: Checkout infra (for k8s/preview templates)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Soft-check operator prerequisites (kubeconfig secret)
         id: prereq
diff --git a/.github/workflows/typos.yml b/.github/workflows/typos.yml
index 661d167..6f2639a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/typos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/typos.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 3
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: crate-ci/typos@v1.47.2
         continue-on-error: true  # warn-only — surface findings without blocking CI
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 0d10fef..143261b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: yamllint
         run: |