From 75fdd10dfe6601d8e9e4b3455a65ab570fc0e406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simatic-ax-bot <ax-public@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:04:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(deps): update third-party actions

---
 .github/workflows/package-release-workflow.yml   |  2 +-
 .../application-example-release-workflow.yml     |  2 +-
 .../workflows/generate-assessment-artifacts.yml  | 16 ++++++++--------
 .../workflows/package-development-workflow.yml   |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-release-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/package-release-workflow.yml
index 37e3dff..620ba2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-release-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-release-workflow.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps: 
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           # checks out the branch that has been selected during the release process
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
diff --git a/template/.github/workflows/application-example-release-workflow.yml b/template/.github/workflows/application-example-release-workflow.yml
index 63f575d..5b15692 100644
--- a/template/.github/workflows/application-example-release-workflow.yml
+++ b/template/.github/workflows/application-example-release-workflow.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps: 
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           # checks out the branch that has been selected during the release process
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
diff --git a/template/.github/workflows/generate-assessment-artifacts.yml b/template/.github/workflows/generate-assessment-artifacts.yml
index 509f222..378c5ad 100644
--- a/template/.github/workflows/generate-assessment-artifacts.yml
+++ b/template/.github/workflows/generate-assessment-artifacts.yml
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout the repository to access project files
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       # Set up Python environment for the collection script
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
       
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           
       # Upload the generated info.yml as an artifact for use in subsequent jobs
       - name: Upload info.yml
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: info-yml
           path: info.yml
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout repository for Excel generation scripts
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       
       # Set up Python environment for Excel generation
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
       
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
             
       # Download the info.yml artifact created in the previous job
       - name: Download info.yml
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: info-yml
       
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the generated Excel file as an artifact for download
       - name: Upload Excel artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: assessment-excel
           path: Questionnaire_Contribution_*.xlsx
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Download info.yml to extract ticket information for notification
       - name: Download info.yml
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: info-yml
 
diff --git a/template/.github/workflows/package-development-workflow.yml b/template/.github/workflows/package-development-workflow.yml
index c66c71e..a5c5169 100644
--- a/template/.github/workflows/package-development-workflow.yml
+++ b/template/.github/workflows/package-development-workflow.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps: 
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref != '' && inputs.ref || github.ref }}