diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell_and_flake.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell_and_flake.yml
index 2a2469fbc0f..c3da11a4b65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell_and_flake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell_and_flake.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       CODESPELL_DIRS: 'mne/ doc/ tutorials/ examples/'
       CODESPELL_SKIPS: 'doc/auto_*,*.fif,*.eve,*.gz,*.tgz,*.zip,*.mat,*.stc,*.label,*.w,*.bz2,*.annot,*.sulc,*.log,*.local-copy,*.orig_avg,*.inflated_avg,*.gii,*.pyc,*.doctree,*.pickle,*.inv,*.png,*.edf,*.touch,*.thickness,*.nofix,*.volume,*.defect_borders,*.mgh,lh.*,rh.*,COR-*,FreeSurferColorLUT.txt,*.examples,.xdebug_mris_calc,bad.segments,BadChannels,*.hist,empty_file,*.orig,*.js,*.map,*.ipynb,searchindex.dat,install_mne_c.rst,plot_*.rst,*.rst.txt,c_EULA.rst*,*.html,gdf_encodes.txt,*.svg,*.bib,*.css'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.9'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compat_minimal.yml b/.github/workflows/compat_minimal.yml
index 4dc07a93365..866925fd550 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compat_minimal.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compat_minimal.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       PYTHONUNBUFFERED: '1'
       PYTHON_VERSION: '3.7'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - run: ./tools/setup_xvfb.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compat_old.yml b/.github/workflows/compat_old.yml
index eeb466a0b12..1983760a28d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compat_old.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compat_old.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       PYTHON_VERSION: '3.7'
       MNE_IGNORE_WARNINGS_IN_TESTS: 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: ./tools/setup_xvfb.sh
         name: 'Setup xvfb'
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux_conda.yml b/.github/workflows/linux_conda.yml
index de1ce6933ef..75c4df3778d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux_conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux_conda.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       PYTHONUNBUFFERED: '1'
       PYTHON_VERSION: '3.10'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: ./tools/setup_xvfb.sh
         name: 'Setup xvfb'
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       CONDA_ENV: 'server_environment.yml'
       PYTHON_VERSION: '3.8'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           activate-environment: 'mne'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux_pip.yml b/.github/workflows/linux_pip.yml
index 81ddc0a0ba9..184eca71d5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux_pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux_pip.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       PYTHONUNBUFFERED: '1'
       PYTHON_VERSION: '3.10'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: ./tools/setup_xvfb.sh
         name: 'Setup xvfb'
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos_conda.yml b/.github/workflows/macos_conda.yml
index 5b75387d0cd..599fbc3a037 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos_conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos_conda.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       CONDA_ENV: 'environment.yml'
       CI_OS_NAME: 'osx'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           activate-environment: 'mne'