diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_tests_espidfv5.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_tests_espidfv5.yml
index d1c19218..e6805780 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_tests_espidfv5.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_tests_espidfv5.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: docker://espressif/idf:v5.0
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Submodules Init
       uses: snickerbockers/submodules-init@v4
     - name: Build ESP32 Samples (ESP-IDF v5.0)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_tests_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_tests_linux.yml
index 3a85f726..14c63e9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_tests_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_tests_linux.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: docker://espressif/idf:v4.4.3
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Style Check
       run: .github/scripts/code_style.sh check
     - name: Submodules Init
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ms_build.yml b/.github/workflows/ms_build.yml
index 44d8ab82..d7edc8a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ms_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ms_build.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
     - name: submodules-init
diff --git a/libs/azure-iot-middleware-freertos b/libs/azure-iot-middleware-freertos
index 8b0db153..31aae918 160000
--- a/libs/azure-iot-middleware-freertos
+++ b/libs/azure-iot-middleware-freertos
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8b0db15339e3c63234f3ed34c21511342b4dfe86
+Subproject commit 31aae918885a5e34d9f15ee0d012252c0491d5c2