diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit.yml b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
index a0b5eb9567..1fffef08ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
   security_audit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: rustsec/audit-check@v1.4.1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/base_node_binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/base_node_binaries.yml
index d19e7f6708..e5af0a7538 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base_node_binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base_node_binaries.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: false
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_dockers_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/build_dockers_workflow.yml
index abb17d19ce..d95451c3e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_dockers_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_dockers_workflow.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout tari-launchpad
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ env.LAUNCHPAD_REPO }}
           ref: ${{ env.LAUNCHPAD_BRANCH }}
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout tari
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: tari
 
       - name: checkout tari-launchpad
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ env.LAUNCHPAD_REPO }}
           ref: ${{ env.LAUNCHPAD_BRANCH }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_libffis.yml b/.github/workflows/build_libffis.yml
index 08efa3b5f8..c21fafc859 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_libffis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_libffis.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
       libffiss: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.libffiss }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set Matrix from JSon file
         id: set-matrix
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Declare TestNet for tags
         if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 36a4d31ed9..6d67cd16ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [ubuntu-20.04]
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [ubuntu-20.04]
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with:
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu-high-cpu]
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: caching (stable)
         # Don't use rust-cache.
         # Rust-cache disables a key feature of actions/cache: restoreKeys.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [ubuntu-20.04]
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: install ripgrep
         run: |
           wget https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/13.0.0/ripgrep_13.0.0_amd64.deb
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 566c4baab6..27f598bab4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, ubuntu-high-mem ]
     steps:
       - name: checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: ubuntu dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
index b66a8f9390..12e8ed1393 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu-high-cpu]
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Envs setup
         id: envs_setup
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu-high-cpu]
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Envs setup
         id: envs_setup