diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
index 747369de..f15afd59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/constraints-update.yml b/.github/workflows/constraints-update.yml
index 3deaf734..b78d2341 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/constraints-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/constraints-update.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
 
       - name: Checkout "update-constraints" in-house CI action
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: instructlab/ci-actions
           path: ci-actions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l4-x1.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l4-x1.yml
index 46eb984d..9d9c1989 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l4-x1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l4-x1.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       ec2-instance-region: ${{ steps.launch-ec2-instance-with-fallback.outputs.ec2-instance-region }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout "launch-ec2-runner-with-fallback" in-house CI action
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: instructlab/ci-actions
           # clone the "ci-actions" repo to a local directory called "ci-actions", instead of
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "$RETRY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS" > "/sys/fs/xfs/$ROOT_DEV/error/metadata/ENOSPC/retry_timeout_seconds"
 
       - name: Checkout instructlab/instructlab
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: "instructlab/instructlab"
           path: "instructlab"
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Checkout instructlab/sdg
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           path: "sdg"
           # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/249
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l40s-x4-release.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l40s-x4-release.yml
index 723d773b..98bbb27d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l40s-x4-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l40s-x4-release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       ec2-instance-region: ${{ steps.launch-ec2-instance-with-fallback.outputs.ec2-instance-region }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout "launch-ec2-runner-with-fallback" in-house CI action
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: instructlab/ci-actions
           # clone the "ci-actions" repo to a local directory called "ci-actions", instead of
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo dnf install -y gcc gcc-c++ make git-core python3.11 python3.11-devel
 
       - name: Checkout instructlab/instructlab
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: "instructlab/instructlab"
           ref: ${{ env.LATEST_ILAB_RELEASE_BRANCH }}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Checkout instructlab/sdg
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           path: "sdg"
           ref: ${{ env.LATEST_SDG_RELEASE_BRANCH }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l40s-x4.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l40s-x4.yml
index e92e29cb..88a39470 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l40s-x4.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-nvidia-l40s-x4.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       ec2-instance-region: ${{ steps.launch-ec2-instance-with-fallback.outputs.ec2-instance-region }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout "launch-ec2-runner-with-fallback" in-house CI action
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: instructlab/ci-actions
           # clone the "ci-actions" repo to a local directory called "ci-actions", instead of
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo dnf install -y gcc gcc-c++ make git-core python3.11 python3.11-devel
 
       - name: Checkout instructlab/instructlab
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: "instructlab/instructlab"
           path: "instructlab"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Checkout instructlab/sdg
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           path: "sdg"
           # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/249
diff --git a/.github/workflows/functional-gpu-nvidia-t4-x1.yml b/.github/workflows/functional-gpu-nvidia-t4-x1.yml
index 919b64d2..79994748 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/functional-gpu-nvidia-t4-x1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/functional-gpu-nvidia-t4-x1.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       ec2-instance-region: ${{ steps.launch-ec2-instance-with-fallback.outputs.ec2-instance-region }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout "launch-ec2-runner-with-fallback" in-house CI action
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           repository: instructlab/ci-actions
           # clone the "ci-actions" repo to a local directory called "ci-actions", instead of
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo dnf install -y gcc gcc-c++ make git python3.11 python3.11-devel
 
       - name: Checkout instructlab/sdg
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/249
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 3b408f15..d1848594 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
               tox -e validate-pipelines
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/249
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
index cbb91c2b..7e1dc961 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
             - name: "Checkout"
-              uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+              uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
               with:
                   # for setuptools-scm
                   fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a4bad952..c8e417a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
             platform: "macos-latest"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
         with:
           # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/249
           fetch-depth: 0