diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 25045e4d..82a7279d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
       storybook_changed: ${{ steps.storybook_changes.outputs.changed || 'false' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v6
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v6
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v6
 
       - name: Download Storybook static output
         uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 10cafadf..804d9b81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         language: ["javascript"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gov-security-gates.yml b/.github/workflows/gov-security-gates.yml
index fe3bebd9..c0b559be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gov-security-gates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gov-security-gates.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-astudio.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-astudio.yml
index 8d3b1fe1..3e3fddce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-astudio.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-astudio.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-guidance.yml b/.github/workflows/release-guidance.yml
index 8f5436d4..7c962380 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-guidance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-guidance.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ff0d5e33..a54883ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
diff --git a/FORJAMIE.md b/FORJAMIE.md
index a356c001..10687c47 100644
--- a/FORJAMIE.md
+++ b/FORJAMIE.md
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ See also: `~/.codex/instructions/Learnings.md`
 
 ### 2026-07-11
 
+- **GitHub Actions checkout v7 refresh**: updated the pinned checkout action used by CI to v7. This is a tooling-only Dependabot maintenance change; repository checkout behavior and CI stages remain unchanged.
 - **GitHub Actions cache pin refresh**: updated the pinned `actions/cache` v5 commit used by the Ubuntu and macOS CI cache steps. This is a tooling-only Dependabot maintenance change; workflow behavior and cache keys remain unchanged.
 
 ### 2026-06-20