diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d00ee6d27e..a93d6e8e35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Valgrind cache
       if: matrix.valgrind
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      uses: actions/cache@v5
       id: cache-valgrind
       with:
         path: valgrind
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 90
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1  # v1 is required to run inside docker
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6  # v1 is required to run inside docker
 
     - name: Install requirements
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightlies.yml b/.github/workflows/nightlies.yml
index ad4a351521..a899caa1be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightlies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightlies.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           nox -s build
           nox -s build_global
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: Packages
           path: dist/*
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build_wheel]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: Packages
           path: dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip.yml b/.github/workflows/pip.yml
index 8df91a00fa..b7555a5a71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip.yml
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ jobs:
       run: twine check dist/*
 
     - name: Save standard package
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
       with:
         name: standard
         path: dist/pybind11-*
 
     - name: Save global package
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
       with:
         name: global
         path: dist/*global-*
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     # Downloads all to directories matching the artifact names
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
 
     - name: Generate artifact attestation for sdist and wheel
       uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v3