diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 326b701e32a..c3b00a4b34a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index 4537173ac39..3a5c204a0b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout Repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
       - name: 'Dependency Review'
         uses: actions/dependency-review-action@9129d7d40b8c12c1ed0f60400d00c92d437adcce # v4.1.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label_pr_on_title.yml b/.github/workflows/label_pr_on_title.yml
index 2a03f56e4c4..d1348eca351 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label_pr_on_title.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label_pr_on_title.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write  # label respective PR
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: "Label PR based on title"
         uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/on_label_added.yml b/.github/workflows/on_label_added.yml
index 2806cab2962..46b84971c41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on_label_added.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on_label_added.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write  # comment on PR
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       # Maintenance: Persist state per PR as an artifact to avoid spam on label add
       - name: "Suggest split large Pull Request"
         uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/on_merged_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/on_merged_pr.yml
index 80f6460bfa9..b0154f45e1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on_merged_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on_merged_pr.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write         # label issue with pending-release
     if: needs.get_pr_details.outputs.prIsMerged == 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: "Label PR related issue for release"
         uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/on_opened_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/on_opened_pr.yml
index 7c4fda8ff04..60a1782e186 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on_opened_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on_opened_pr.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: get_pr_details
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: "Ensure related issue is present"
         uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
         env:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write  # label and comment on PR if missing acknowledge section (requirement)
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: "Ensure acknowledgement section is present"
         uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ossf_scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/ossf_scorecard.yml
index d9e065bf1e8..4544493a3e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ossf_scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossf_scorecard.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_v2_layer.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_v2_layer.yml
index 8fb31e6c4c7..a6f94b8308a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_v2_layer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_v2_layer.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./layer
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
       pages: none
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository # reusable workflows start clean, so we need to checkout again
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality_check.yml b/.github/workflows/quality_check.yml
index 2a203d5989f..a4be997302e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality_check.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read  # checkout code only
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: Install poetry
         run: pipx install poetry
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality_check_pydanticv2.yml b/.github/workflows/quality_check_pydanticv2.yml
index 2d84f1154ba..b18102ec64a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality_check_pydanticv2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality_check_pydanticv2.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read # checkout code only
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 # v4.1.2
       - name: Install poetry
         run: pipx install poetry
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/record_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/record_pr.yml
index ddfd7c249a3..8f8e178fdef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/record_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/record_pr.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read  # NOTE: treat as untrusted location
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: "Extract PR details"
         uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7f2c4678861..936aecef25f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE_VERSION="${RELEASE_TAG_VERSION:1}"
           echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       # NOTE: we need actions/checkout to configure git first (pre-commit hooks in make dev)
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
       attestation_hashes: ${{ steps.encoded_hash.outputs.attestation_hashes }}
     steps:
       # NOTE: we need actions/checkout to configure git first (pre-commit hooks in make dev)
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
       RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.seal.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}
     steps:
       # NOTE: we need actions/checkout in order to use our local actions (e.g., ./.github/actions)
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       # NOTE: we need actions/checkout to authenticate and configure git first
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # NOTE: we need actions/checkout to authenticate and configure git first
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.seal.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_v2_layer_stack.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_v2_layer_stack.yml
index 8e69453fd6b..1dc006aef97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_v2_layer_stack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_v2_layer_stack.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
             has_arm64_support: "true"
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_v2_sar.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_v2_sar.yml
index 3fddb088de7..cdca4ff8422 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_v2_sar.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_deploy_v2_sar.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         architecture: ["x86_64", "arm64"]
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_COMMIT }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_export_pr_details.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_export_pr_details.yml
index 1e40867db15..be7eeca27a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_export_pr_details.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_export_pr_details.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       prLabels: ${{ steps.prLabels.outputs.prLabels }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository # in case caller workflow doesn't checkout thus failing with file not found
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: "Download previously saved PR"
         uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_changelog.yml
index b7936f2c349..39ffe543096 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_changelog.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write  # create PR
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository # reusable workflows start clean, so we need to checkout again
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: "Generate latest changelog"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
index bf48e938fe4..c8b2635ed62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_publish_docs.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # trade JWT token for AWS credentials in AWS Docs account
       pages: write     # uncomment if mike fails as we migrated to S3 hosting
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ inputs.git_ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
index bbfeb28c349..59ff6c61825 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == 'aws-powertools/powertools-lambda-python' }}
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: Install poetry
         run: pipx install poetry
       - name: "Use Python"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secure_workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/secure_workflows.yml
index fb7601997c6..b1db349d5e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secure_workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secure_workflows.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read  # checkout code and subsequently GitHub action workflows
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11  # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633  # v4.1.2
       - name: Ensure 3rd party workflows have SHA pinned
         uses: zgosalvez/github-actions-ensure-sha-pinned-actions@ba37328d4ea95eaf8b3bd6c6cef308f709a5f2ec # v3.0.3
         with: