diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
index 123d7ad9..a10cd259 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         target: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.make-target) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
         if: ${{ inputs.actions-ref != '' }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.actions-ref }}
           path: .cicd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-package.yml b/.github/workflows/check-package.yml
index f68ae5d7..04751e22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-package.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.build-matrix) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # checkout entire history for all branches (required when using scm-based versioning)
           submodules: recursive
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version || '3.x' }}
 
       - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.actions-ref }}
           path: .cicd
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.actions-ref }}
           path: .cicd
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.testing-matrix) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Set up Python 🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version || '3.x' }}
 
       - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.actions-ref }}
           path: .cicd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/check-precommit.yml
index c68e6429..468d69c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-precommit.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-schema.yml b/.github/workflows/check-schema.yml
index 36c7d1d5..01576a48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-schema.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-schema.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       # if actions version is given install defined versions
       - name: "[optional] Pull reusable 🤖 actions"
         if: inputs.actions-ref != ''
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.actions-ref }}
           path: .cicd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-typing.yml b/.github/workflows/check-typing.yml
index d047e7ee..87831be1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-typing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-typing.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
         if: ${{ inputs.actions-ref != '' }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.actions-ref }}
           path: .cicd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cli.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cli.yml
index 25e23929..f8db8355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cli.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Python 🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts.yml
index 6902d791..d3c2c200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Python 🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       TORCH_URL: "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Python 🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
index 9f7ed3f4..2b5d4de5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       TORCH_URL: "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Set up Python 🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches.yml
index b3e70673..b7be9101 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches.yml
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ jobs:
       AGE_DAYS: ${{ inputs.age-days }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.scripts-ref }}
           path: .cicd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
index 0cd25a38..f1bc31b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       TORCH_URL: "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        # If you're using actions/checkout@v4 you must set persist-credentials to false in most cases for the deployment to work correctly.
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        # If you're using actions/checkout@v5 you must set persist-credentials to false in most cases for the deployment to work correctly.
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
index 19c2f2cb..dbad3a66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up Python 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Download 📥 artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Download 📥 artifact