diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 635f3ba3b6d..f88e47c7eef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       pkg-version: ${{ steps.get-product-version.outputs.pkg-version }}
       shared-ldflags: ${{ steps.shared-ldflags.outputs.shared-ldflags }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: get product version
         id: get-product-version
         run: |
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       filepath: ${{ steps.generate-metadata-file.outputs.filepath }}
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout directory'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Generate metadata file
         id: generate-metadata-file
         uses: hashicorp/actions-generate-metadata@v1
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
 
     name: Go ${{ matrix.go }} ${{ matrix.goos }} ${{ matrix.goarch }} build
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
 
     name: Go ${{ matrix.go }} ${{ matrix.goos }} ${{ matrix.goarch }} build
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{needs.get-product-version.outputs.product-version}}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Strip everything but MAJOR.MINOR from the version string and add a `-dev` suffix
       # This naming convention will be used ONLY for per-commit dev images
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{needs.get-product-version.outputs.product-version}}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: hashicorp/actions-docker-build@v1
         with:
           version: ${{env.version}}
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{needs.get-product-version.outputs.product-version}}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Strip everything but MAJOR.MINOR from the version string and add a `-dev` suffix
       # This naming convention will be used ONLY for per-commit dev images
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ jobs:
 
     name: Verify ${{ matrix.arch }} linux binary
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Download ${{ matrix.arch  }} zip
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ jobs:
 
     name: Verify amd64 darwin binary
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Download amd64 darwin zip
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ jobs:
 
     name: Verify ${{ matrix.arch }} debian package
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set package version
         run: |
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ jobs:
 
     name: Verify ${{ matrix.arch }} rpm
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set package version
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog-checker.yml
index c4f467a3e0b..af5d44e47b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog-checker.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0 # by default the checkout action doesn't checkout all branches
diff --git a/.github/workflows/embedded-asset-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/embedded-asset-checker.yml
index 8eb60d70d08..d3cbe88531f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/embedded-asset-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/embedded-asset-checker.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     if: "! ( contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'pr/update-ui-assets') || github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'hc-github-team-consul-core' )"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0 # by default the checkout action doesn't checkout all branches
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-comment-created.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-comment-created.yml
index 47056a66bc2..42d10732113 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-comment-created.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-comment-created.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   triage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2 
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6 
       - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-remove-labels@v1
         with:
           labels: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/load-test.yml b/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
index ab7d793e794..855986dfde8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
       - name: Trigger CircleCI Load Test Pipeline
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.11.x.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.11.x.yaml
index cd913d4eca4..a76aa5451d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.11.x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.11.x.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   frontend-test-workspace-node:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       JOBS: 2
       CONSUL_NSPACES_ENABLED: 0
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       EMBER_TEST_REPORT: test-results/report-oss.xml #outputs test report for CircleCI test summary
       EMBER_TEST_PARALLEL: true #enables test parallelization with ember-exam
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       JOBS: 2
       CONSUL_NSPACES_ENABLED: 1
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
       EMBER_TEST_REPORT: test-results/report-oss.xml #outputs test report for CircleCI test summary
       EMBER_TEST_PARALLEL: true #enables test parallelization with ember-exam
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [frontend-build-ent]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.12.x.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.12.x.yaml
index 906f2ba8fb3..3b67ae0f8b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.12.x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.12.x.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   frontend-test-workspace-node:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       JOBS: 2
       CONSUL_NSPACES_ENABLED: 0
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       EMBER_TEST_REPORT: test-results/report-oss.xml #outputs test report for CircleCI test summary
       EMBER_TEST_PARALLEL: true #enables test parallelization with ember-exam
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       JOBS: 2
       CONSUL_NSPACES_ENABLED: 1
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
       EMBER_TEST_REPORT: test-results/report-oss.xml #outputs test report for CircleCI test summary
       EMBER_TEST_PARALLEL: true #enables test parallelization with ember-exam
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [frontend-build-ent]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.13.x.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.13.x.yaml
index 2df70ff6880..10336dcf97a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.13.x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-1.13.x.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   frontend-test-workspace-node:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       JOBS: 2
       CONSUL_NSPACES_ENABLED: 0
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       EMBER_TEST_REPORT: test-results/report-oss.xml #outputs test report for CircleCI test summary
       EMBER_TEST_PARALLEL: true #enables test parallelization with ember-exam
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       JOBS: 2
       CONSUL_NSPACES_ENABLED: 1
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
       EMBER_TEST_REPORT: test-results/report-oss.xml #outputs test report for CircleCI test summary
       EMBER_TEST_PARALLEL: true #enables test parallelization with ember-exam
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [frontend-build-ent]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-main.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-main.yaml
index e823bac7b56..d17130d3d33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-test-main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-test-main.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   frontend-test-workspace-node:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       JOBS: 2
       CONSUL_NSPACES_ENABLED: 0
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       EMBER_TEST_REPORT: test-results/report-oss.xml #outputs test report for CircleCI test summary
       EMBER_TEST_PARALLEL: true #enables test parallelization with ember-exam
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       JOBS: 2
       CONSUL_NSPACES_ENABLED: 1
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
       EMBER_TEST_REPORT: test-results/report-oss.xml #outputs test report for CircleCI test summary
       EMBER_TEST_PARALLEL: true #enables test parallelization with ember-exam
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [frontend-build-ent]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-metrics-test-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-metrics-test-checker.yml
index 7c42da595bd..1c19168af97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-metrics-test-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-metrics-test-checker.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     if: "! ( contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'pr/no-metrics-test') || github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'hc-github-team-consul-core' )" 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         name: "checkout repo"
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/website-checker.yml
index e5d628235dd..adbfd2c5101 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website-checker.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0 # by default the checkout action doesn't checkout all branches