diff --git a/.github/workflows/aur-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/aur-publish.yml
index 5852b7b..d315254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aur-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aur-publish.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 15
     if: vars.AUR_PUBLISH_ENABLED == 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Get version
         id: version
         run: |
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           pkgname = vext
           EOF
       - name: Publish to AUR
-        uses: KSXGitHub/github-actions-deploy-aur@a97f56a8425a7a7f3b8c58607f769c69b089cadb # v3.0.1
+        uses: KSXGitHub/github-actions-deploy-aur@da03e160361ce01bf087e790b6ffd196d7dccff7 # v4.1.3
         if: ${{ secrets.AUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY != '' }}
         with:
           pkgname: vext
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [publish-aur]
     if: vars.AUR_PUBLISH_ENABLED == 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Get version
         id: version
         run: |
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           sed -i "s/^sha256sums_x86_64=.*/sha256sums_x86_64=('$X86_SUM')/" PKGBUILD-bin
           sed -i "s/^sha256sums_aarch64=.*/sha256sums_aarch64=('$AARCH64_SUM')/" PKGBUILD-bin
       - name: Publish vext-bin to AUR
-        uses: KSXGitHub/github-actions-deploy-aur@a97f56a8425a7a7f3b8c58607f769c69b089cadb # v3.0.1
+        uses: KSXGitHub/github-actions-deploy-aur@da03e160361ce01bf087e790b6ffd196d7dccff7 # v4.1.3
         if: ${{ secrets.AUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY != '' }}
         with:
           pkgname: vext-bin
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 86b67e7..c7a691c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ jobs:
             # Python/Go are banned in this repo per RSR language policy
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@7211b7c8077ea37d8641b6271f6a365a22a5fbfa # v3.28.1
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v3.28.1
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
           build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@7211b7c8077ea37d8641b6271f6a365a22a5fbfa # v3.28.1
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v3.28.1
         with:
           category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container.yml b/.github/workflows/container.yml
index 2dab0dc..34b2f48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v4
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@06116385d9baf250c9f4dcb4858b16962ea869c3 # v3
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@d7f5e7f509e45cec5c76c4d5afdd7de93d0b3df5 # v3
       - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generator-generic-ossf-slsa3-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/generator-generic-ossf-slsa3-publish.yml
index 26dffd3..639999d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generator-generic-ossf-slsa3-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generator-generic-ossf-slsa3-publish.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       digests: ${{ steps.hash.outputs.digests }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v4
       # ========================================================
       #
       # Step 1: Build your artifacts.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/language-policy.yml b/.github/workflows/language-policy.yml
index bfd4628..a11264b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/language-policy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/language-policy.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v4
       - name: Enforce language policies
         run: |
           # Block new Python files (except SaltStack)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e23da27..86bafcf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
             os: windows-latest
             cross: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@6d9817901c499d6b02debbb57edb38d33daa680b # stable
         with:
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@6d9817901c499d6b02debbb57edb38d33daa680b # stable
       - name: Install cargo-deb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@6d9817901c499d6b02debbb57edb38d33daa680b # stable
       - name: Install cargo-generate-rpm
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Download all artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v4
         with:
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
           find artifacts -type f \( -name "*.tar.gz" -o -name "*.zip" -o -name "*.sha256" -o -name "*.deb" -o -name "*.rpm" \) -exec cp {} release/ \;
           ls -la release/
       - name: Create Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda # v2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@718ea10b132b3b2eba29c1007bb80653f286566b # v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
           files: release/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml
index 109b1eb..daf7dd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
       id-token: write # For OIDC
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Run Scorecard
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ jobs:
           results_format: sarif
           publish_results: true
       - name: Upload SARIF
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@c6f931105cb2c34c8f901cc885ba1e2e259cf745 # v4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v4
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
       - name: Persist SARIF for downstream score-gate job
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
         with:
           name: scorecard-results
           path: results.sarif
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Download SARIF from scorecard job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: scorecard-results
       - name: Check minimum score
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Check SECURITY.md exists
         run: |
           if [ ! -f "SECURITY.md" ]; then
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
index 7bea43b..6e7e725 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
   trufflehog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: TruffleHog Secret Scan