diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 224df6e..1e57a76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
             id-token: write # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
 
         steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v5
               with:
                   persist-credentials: false
             - name: Set up Python
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 75625c3..3dd0389 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
         steps:
             - name: Checkout repository
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              uses: actions/checkout@v5
               with:
                   # setuptools_scm requires a non-shallow clone of the repository
                   fetch-depth: 0