diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 0e3f315bb0de..bcb164a04eef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS' && github.event.pull_request.merged == true && (github.event_name != 'labeled' || startsWith('backport', github.event.label.name))
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           # required to find all branches
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-eval.yml b/.github/workflows/basic-eval.yml
index 67634af51f62..c48b04d8c14c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-eval.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-eval.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # we don't limit this action to only NixOS repo since the checks are cheap and useful developer feedback
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v16
     # explicit list of supportedSystems is needed until aarch64-darwin becomes part of the trunk jobset
     - run: nix-build pkgs/top-level/release.nix -A tarball.nixpkgs-basic-release-checks --arg supportedSystems '[ "aarch64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin"  ]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml b/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
index 28e20d6c9458..de49e55ef2a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/editorconfig.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: print list of changed files
       run: |
         cat "$HOME/changed_files"
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
         ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-nixos.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-nixos.yml
index b9181c5f3bbc..787f55352967 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-nixos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-nixos.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
           ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-nixpkgs.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-nixpkgs.yml
index 3bdbd7f78fc4..7d9273ef1398 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-nixpkgs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-nixpkgs.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
           ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nixos-manual.yml b/.github/workflows/nixos-manual.yml
index e1c5b4dc93b9..bd70f228d462 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nixos-manual.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nixos-manual.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS'
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         # pull_request_target checks out the base branch by default
         ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/periodic-merge-24h.yml b/.github/workflows/periodic-merge-24h.yml
index b8535fdf9527..5ad0db1db51c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/periodic-merge-24h.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/periodic-merge-24h.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
             into: staging-21.11
     name: ${{ matrix.pairs.from }} → ${{ matrix.pairs.into }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: ${{ matrix.pairs.from }} → ${{ matrix.pairs.into }}
         uses: devmasx/merge-branch@1.4.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/periodic-merge-6h.yml b/.github/workflows/periodic-merge-6h.yml
index daa9b6d3c844..a8af04b78bc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/periodic-merge-6h.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/periodic-merge-6h.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
             into: staging
     name: ${{ matrix.pairs.from }} → ${{ matrix.pairs.into }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: ${{ matrix.pairs.from }} → ${{ matrix.pairs.into }}
         uses: devmasx/merge-branch@1.4.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-terraform-providers.yml b/.github/workflows/update-terraform-providers.yml
index 9de57d6e3d19..09d208a62160 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-terraform-providers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-terraform-providers.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' # ensure workflow_dispatch only runs on master
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v16
       - name: setup
         id: setup