diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml
index 337f86996..d7b2d794f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install tox, tox-lsr
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-managed-var-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-managed-var-comment.yml
index c9ebafe90..c49f06ba6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-managed-var-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-managed-var-comment.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install tox, tox-lsr
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
index bbe1f6cff..89a8416a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install tox, tox-lsr
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
index c049a6105..cbbeb76b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Ensure the docs branch
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Checkout the docs branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: docs
 
       - name: Fetch README.md and .pandoc_template.html5 template from the workflow branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             README.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog_to_tag.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog_to_tag.yml
index 71e5540f7..1669dbff5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog_to_tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog_to_tag.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: checkout PR
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Get tag and message from the latest CHANGELOG.md commit
         id: tag
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index c98d6aab8..692f75794 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt install -y git
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index 8eadb612f..b8555f29a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Codespell
         uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml b/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
index 3094acdf9..d1434ea44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       # CHANGELOG.md is generated automatically from PR titles and descriptions
       # It might have issues but they are not critical
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-title-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-title-lint.yml
index 95b81f854..35e76bf62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-title-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-title-lint.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   commit-checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-unit-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-unit-test.yml
index 2274d459c..75858536d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-unit-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-unit-test.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: checkout PR
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set up Python 2.7
         if: ${{ matrix.pyver_os.ver == '2.7' }}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout PR
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Run py26 tests
         uses: linux-system-roles/lsr-gh-action-py26@1.0.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qemu-kvm-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/qemu-kvm-integration-tests.yml
index 886f6dc06..da466f024 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qemu-kvm-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qemu-kvm-integration-tests.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Check if platform is supported
         id: check_platform
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
index 2fdf86ce1..59ed41964 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Run ShellCheck
         id: shellcheck_id
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_converting_readme.yml b/.github/workflows/test_converting_readme.yml
index ee9621124..ed3dcc931 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_converting_readme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_converting_readme.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Remove badges from README.md prior to converting to HTML
         run: sed -i '1,8 {/^\[\!.*actions\/workflows/d}' README.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tft.yml b/.github/workflows/tft.yml
index 7c8ff04e9..fe147990a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tft.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tft.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
 
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Get head sha of the PR
         id: head_sha
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Checkout PR
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.head_sha.outputs.head_sha }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly_ci.yml
index 057029fcd..afa2759ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly_ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install -y git
 
       - name: Checkout latest code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Create or rebase commit, add dump_packages callback
diff --git a/.github/workflows/woke.yml b/.github/workflows/woke.yml
index 4cded0d55..8e550d284 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/woke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/woke.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Run lsr-woke-action
         # Originally, uses: get-woke/woke-action@v0