diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9f0f8460..cb3ce1f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ jobs:
     env:
       UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS: never  # use the setup-python 3.11; don't fetch another interpreter
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0  # full history so diff-cover can diff the PR against origin/develop (#286)
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
       - name: "Install uv (pinned — reproducible, hash-locked installs, #283)"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Build the dashboard test stage (installs package + runs the suite in-container)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         service: [monero, p2pool, tor, xmrig-proxy, dashboard]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: docker build ./build/${{ matrix.service }}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Install hadolint (pinned + sha256-verified, #286)"
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ jobs:
     env:
       UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS: never
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install uv (pinned)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0  # full history so the scan covers every commit, not just the tip
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ jobs:
     env:
       UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS: never
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install uv (pinned)
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Install shellcheck + shfmt (pinned + sha256-verified, #286)"
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Validate docker-compose.yml interpolation + hardening invariants (#90)
@@ -240,13 +240,13 @@ jobs:
     env:
       UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS: never
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version: "20"
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install uv (pinned)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-mini-stack.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-mini-stack.yml
index c2601129..39f6a946 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-mini-stack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-mini-stack.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       # ubuntu-latest ships Docker with the Compose v2 plugin — no setup needed.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lychee.yml b/.github/workflows/lychee.yml
index 3c37a27e..5df24b4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lychee.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lychee.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Check links in Markdown
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-gate.yml
index ae25de27..6bedc29c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-gate.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     # box; prefer an ephemeral / just-in-time runner in its own runner group.
     runs-on: [self-hosted, pithead-release]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           persist-credentials: false