diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 95e5b7ef9..c6d5cc81a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "vs_version=2017" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         shell: bash
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0  # allows for tags access
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog-check.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog-check.yml
index 700424d44..d8036dac3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog-check.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   check-changelog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       # Gives an error if there's no change in the changelog (except using label)
       - name: Changelog check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
index d6349d5cd..0aec17fb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: apt-get update
         run: sudo apt-get update
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index a73745b18..489a51a50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
 
       - name: Lint Markdown files
         uses: actionsx/prettier@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3b2e76c6d..bd363a78a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
           submodules: recursive