diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test.yml b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
index 34ad5f2d4d..f00b8d7ed4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout TUF
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout TUF
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test_sslib_main.yml b/.github/workflows/_test_sslib_main.yml
index c8cf3107d9..61a5ea9de5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test_sslib_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test_sslib_main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout TUF
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 68ccb087b4..c2f0e03452 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     steps:
       - name: Checkout release tag
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       release_id: ${{ steps.gh-release.outputs.result }}
     steps:
       - name: Fetch build artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: build-artifacts
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write # to authenticate as Trusted Publisher to pypi.org
     steps:
       - name: Fetch build artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: build-artifacts
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 0253fbafd4..d724fc3cf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
index 1c3a414dd6..c17e3e13a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout conformance client
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index 1400d25cf6..ac7f18c891 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout Repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: 'Dependency Review'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
index 955c0c11b4..1089a350d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/specification-version-check.yml b/.github/workflows/specification-version-check.yml
index ed4f6bbe1f..8320666959 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/specification-version-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/specification-version-check.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
          persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0