diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b4e178381..9c9b5658a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Check Manifest
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
       - run: uvx check-manifest
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
             nano: true
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ jobs:
     env:
       UV_NO_SYNC: "1"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           repository: pymmcore-plus/pymmcore-gui
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           path: pymmcore-widgets
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@ jobs:
     name: test napari-micromanager
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           path: pymmcore-widgets
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           repository: pymmcore-plus/napari-micromanager
           path: napari-micromanager
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 🚢 Publish to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
-      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
         with:
           generate_release_notes: true
           files: "./dist/*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 28928b6ef..64acbc643 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       UV_NO_SYNC: "1"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
       - uses: pymmcore-plus/setup-mm-test-adapters@main