diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 01b3bfa..347a7fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: stable / fmt
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install stable
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         # Get early warning of new lints which are regularly introduced in beta channels.
         toolchain: [stable, beta]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: semver
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install stable
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: nightly / doc
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install nightly
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: ubuntu / stable / features
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install stable
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         msrv: ["1.88.0"] # required by noodles 0.109.0 and liblzma 0.4.5
     name: ubuntu / ${{ matrix.msrv }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.msrv }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index ca1bda2..234c85b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       #
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index e046a15..93fcb14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bff43f5..8190592 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: macos-latest, target: aarch64-apple-darwin, use-cross: true }
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Extract crate information
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yml b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yml
index 02a5e8c..b866bad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: ubuntu / nightly
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install nightly
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     # just redo what happened in the regular test job. Unfortunately, hashFiles only works in if on
     # steps, so we repeat it.
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install beta
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a7826bb..48a3beb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         # toolchain
         toolchain: [stable, beta]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       #   if: runner.os == 'Windows'
       # - run: vcpkg install openssl:x64-windows-static-md
       #   if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install stable