diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_cc.yml b/.github/workflows/build_cc.yml
index c2d2613464..500b305ba9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_cc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_cc.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         - variant: clang
           dp_variant: clang
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: true
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheel.yml
index 5f10a85269..f30b7c38ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheel.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
             platform_id: manylinux_aarch64
             dp_variant: cpu
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
           # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/issues/480
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build source distribution
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build_wheels]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: artifact
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package_c.yml b/.github/workflows/package_c.yml
index d3be4c9469..ada205be00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package_c.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package_c.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build C library
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Package C library
         run: ./source/install/docker_package_c.sh
       # for download and debug
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build_c]
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Download artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_cc.yml b/.github/workflows/test_cc.yml
index c53921bf60..9404f12937 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_cc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_cc.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Test C++
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_python.yml b/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
index 25dded26aa..c17a38ea79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_python.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: work around permission issue
       run: git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/deepmd-kit/deepmd-kit
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     # https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11770
     - run: python -m pip install -U "pip>=21.3.1,!=23.0.0"
     - run: pip install -e .[cpu,test]