diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml
index 0041284b..b3b47b4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0                                    # fetch all branches and history (to access the source branch of PRs)