diff --git a/.github/workflows/backfill_benchmarks.yaml b/.github/workflows/backfill_benchmarks.yaml
index 32700a0c4..aa2f8e350 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backfill_benchmarks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backfill_benchmarks.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
     timeout-minutes: 2880
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: bencherdev/bencher@main
       - name: Install Rust
         run: curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y && echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
diff --git a/.github/workflows/base_benchmarks.yaml b/.github/workflows/base_benchmarks.yaml
index 48e79385d..2a9a4f088 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base_benchmarks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base_benchmarks.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       checks: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - uses: bencherdev/bencher@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 65dc4ff9e..daf065612 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: rustup show active-toolchain
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ethereum/ethereum && sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y solc build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev cmake protobuf-compiler libclang-dev clang
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           - /tmp/scilla-state-server:/tmp/scilla-state-server
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Fix mounted directory permissions
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
     #       - 3545:3000
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install Rust
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deny.yaml b/.github/workflows/deny.yaml
index 78ed244bf..ae55aafcc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deny.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deny.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # This job is configured by the deny.toml config file in the project top level
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
     - uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v2
       with:
         command: check ${{ matrix.checks }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deps.yaml b/.github/workflows/deps.yaml
index c8a492a50..8d7158bfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deps.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deps.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: checkout the source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: download Cargo.lock from update job
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yaml
index df1f8ae1c..5bc104377 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       GCP_REGISTRY: asia-docker.pkg.dev/prj-p-devops-services-tvwmrf63/zilliqa-public
     steps:
     - name: 'Checkout scm'
-      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         submodules: recursive
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
         GCP_REGISTRY: asia-docker.pkg.dev/prj-p-devops-services-tvwmrf63/zilliqa-private
       steps:
       - name: 'Checkout scm'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks.yaml
index fef976971..93a63da29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - uses: bencherdev/bencher@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks_closed.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks_closed.yaml
index c98264369..d01162824 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks_closed.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_benchmarks_closed.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: bencherdev/bencher@main
       - name: Archive closed PR branch
         continue-on-error: true # This will fail if the branch did not exist in bencher. This is fine.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_performance.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_performance.yaml
index 02c154f28..66bbe6465 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_performance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_performance.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       RESULTS_FILE: results.jtl
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0