diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index 6135378adad..9f6f4e6e2a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout the repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Install Rust
       uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
index 04268861f2d..89cdf0a38dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install protoc
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Rust SDK
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Checkout Kotlin Rust Components project
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: matrix-org/matrix-rust-components-kotlin
           path: rust-components-kotlin
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # install protoc in case we end up rebuilding opentelemetry-proto
       - name: Install protoc
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # install protoc in case we end up rebuilding opentelemetry-proto
       - name: Install protoc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f2575b4c6a9..84ac2b4ec95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install libsqlite
         run: |
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install protoc
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Actions Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Check the spelling of the files in our repo
         uses: crate-ci/typos@v1.26.0
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install protoc
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install libsqlite
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 296bbdeaf4c..326dfd07cd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/detect-unused-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/detect-unused-dependencies.yml
index d7a7f520300..5282bf02800 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/detect-unused-dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/detect-unused-dependencies.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Machete
         uses: bnjbvr/cargo-machete@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index d83dc6eb6cf..4855b00e43d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install protoc
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fixup-block.yml b/.github/workflows/fixup-block.yml
index 5e5a06547f7..e3f3a5cfc28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fixup-block.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fixup-block.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Block Fixup Commit Merge
       uses: 13rac1/block-fixup-merge-action@v2.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/msrv.yaml b/.github/workflows/msrv.yaml
index 53c45db644e..46d1485927b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/msrv.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/msrv.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ jobs:
   msrv:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
     - run: cargo hack check --rust-version --workspace --all-targets --ignore-private
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/upload_coverage.yml
index 057660dd702..eda15459eed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload_coverage.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "override_commit=$(<commit_sha.txt)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.parse_previous_artifacts.outputs.override_commit || '' }}
           path: repo_root
diff --git a/.github/workflows/xtask.yml b/.github/workflows/xtask.yml
index 6f369b4cc1c..c4e151448e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/xtask.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/xtask.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Calculate cache key
         id: cachekey