diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docker-images-for-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docker-images-for-testing.yml
index 9f81a64f830..ed4d0fe30ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-docker-images-for-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docker-images-for-testing.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           echo $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fetch-oas.yml b/.github/workflows/fetch-oas.yml
index 7873716642e..17d04fcca61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fetch-oas.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fetch-oas.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         file-type: [yaml, json]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: release/${{ env.release_version }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index 8766bc8572d..de7fbbb1bb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index c07a22a86a8..a2d6b9d051f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
 
       # load docker images from build jobs
       - name: Load images from artifacts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
index 311ddd24f3d..d21dca99f15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k8s-tests.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
             os: debian
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
 
       - name: Setup Minikube
         uses: manusa/actions-setup-minikube@b65276017fdec6f1e6498129fb740e34e260dc55 # v2.18.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml
index 7d443525146..386806a0367 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/performance-tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
 
       - name: Set-platform
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-1-create-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-1-create-pr.yml
index 14747b46cdf..6090d078593 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-1-create-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-1-create-pr.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "GITHUB_ORG=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout from_branch branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.from_branch }}
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git push origin HEAD:${NEW_BRANCH}
 
       - name: Checkout release branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEW_BRANCH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-2-tag-docker-push.yml b/.github/workflows/release-2-tag-docker-push.yml
index 6061238ad2d..00245bd3cd6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-2-tag-docker-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-2-tag-docker-push.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: master
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-3-master-into-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/release-3-master-into-dev.yml
index 8ebdd193247..c338e7092e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-3-master-into-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-3-master-into-dev.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "GITHUB_ORG=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout master
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: master
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git push origin HEAD:${NEW_BRANCH}
 
       - name: Checkout new branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEW_BRANCH }}
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "GITHUB_ORG=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout master
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: master
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git push origin HEAD:${NEW_BRANCH}
 
       - name: Checkout new branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.NEW_BRANCH }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
index 14f0b259584..7f21549eece 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-docker-containers.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Checkout tag
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.release_number }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-helm-chart.yml b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-helm-chart.yml
index 85052bd8a58..cbf2e75f841 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-helm-chart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-x-manual-helm-chart.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.release_number }}
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-x-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release-x-nightly.yml
index 5acd3953485..e9c84f698c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-x-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-x-nightly.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch-to-build }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml b/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml
index 12334d34d2c..27ce5517328 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
index a9b45675dd3..e15a90bf2d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rest-framework-tests.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           echo $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff.yml b/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
index 2f71cdaa4be..7bcc509de5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
       
       - name: Install Ruff Linter
         run: pip install -r requirements-lint.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
index e136364e038..1eaf7e38911 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
 
       - name: Run ShellCheck
         uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@00cae500b08a931fb5698e11e79bfbd38e612a38 # 2.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-helm-chart.yml b/.github/workflows/test-helm-chart.yml
index c50866c303b..65bb07334f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-helm-chart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-helm-chart.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
 
       - name: Generate values schema json
         uses: losisin/helm-values-schema-json-action@39cdf80504f6c95ad3c4f317e2135e2509ea56bb # v3
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
       - name: Run ah lint
         working-directory: ./helm/defectdojo
         run: |-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-sample-data.yml b/.github/workflows/update-sample-data.yml
index c6f2027a26d..c970573c7fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-sample-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-sample-data.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout the repository
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.ref_name || 'dev'}}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_docs_build.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_docs_build.yml
index 616cbc5910e..1ddbee28873 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_docs_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_docs_build.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0