diff --git a/.github/workflows/slurm-test.yml b/.github/workflows/slurm-test.yml
index ebf93f5c..d2886dcf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slurm-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slurm-test.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           - "8888:3306"
         options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: koesterlab/setup-slurm-action@v1
         timeout-minutes: 5
       - uses: pyiron/actions/cached-miniforge@actions-4.0.10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-latest-release.yml b/.github/workflows/test-latest-release.yml
index 0658d5e8..f654db40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-latest-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-latest-release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
             console.log(response.data.tag_name);
             return response.data.tag_name
       - name: Checkout release
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.get-release.outputs.result }}
       - name: Create env from repo name