diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 3779397..a61d46c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   pre-commit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
     - uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 06516a4..5c19f28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 1b24a86..aa2425e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         os: ["macos-latest", "ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
         python-version: ["3.11"] #, "3.12", "3.13"] opendrift can't use >3.11 yet
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Cache conda
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         env: