diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
index 9879ba2..092e530 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       release: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.release }}
       version: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: { fetch-depth: 0 }        # need all tags
 
       - name: Read top CHANGELOG version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fce0b71..c99e6e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         php: ["8.4"]   # real floor: Symfony 8 + PHPUnit require PHP >= 8.4.1
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: { submodules: recursive }   # path-repo modules must be present
       - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Zig build (all targets)
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Setup Zig (self-hosted pinned toolchain)
         run: ./tools/ci/setup-zig.sh
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/php-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/php-analysis.yml
index 28b1bf3..76cccdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php-analysis.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     name: composer audit
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: { submodules: recursive }
       - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with: { php-version: "8.4", tools: composer, coverage: none }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     name: PHPStan
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: { submodules: recursive }
       - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: semgrep/semgrep
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Run Semgrep (PHP + security rulesets)
         run: semgrep scan --sarif --output=semgrep.sarif --config=p/php --config=p/security-audit --config=p/secrets
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b5ad55b..7f394a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Test (PHPUnit)
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: { submodules: recursive }   # path-repo modules must be present
       - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: { submodules: recursive }
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: ./tools/ci/setup-zig.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: { submodules: recursive }
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: ./tools/ci/setup-zig.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with: { submodules: recursive }
       - name: Install llvm-lipo (for the universal Mach-O)
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y llvm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-linux, build-windows, build-macos]
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5      # need CHANGELOG.md at the checked-out commit
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7      # need CHANGELOG.md at the checked-out commit
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with: { path: artifacts/ }
       - name: Resolve version + extract CHANGELOG section