diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 107c3305..b6fa1c38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ jobs:
             build-mode: none
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4.31.10
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4.38.0
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
           build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4.31.10
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4.38.0
         with:
           category: "/language:${{ matrix.language }}"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
index 8aca57e2..19956dec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Fetch Dependabot metadata
         id: meta
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2.2.0
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v3.1.0
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml
index 09c6e169..b40d9638 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dogfood-gate.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Check for A2ML files
         id: detect
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Check for K9 files
         id: detect
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Scan for invisible characters
         id: lint
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Check for Groove manifest
         id: groove
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Generate dogfooding scorecard
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/guix-nix-policy.yml b/.github/workflows/guix-nix-policy.yml
index 02e2973f..a2bf386c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/guix-nix-policy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/guix-nix-policy.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
       - name: Enforce Guix primary / Nix fallback
         run: |
           # Check for package manager files
diff --git a/.github/workflows/index-freshness.yml b/.github/workflows/index-freshness.yml
index cb47396d..804a774b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/index-freshness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/index-freshness.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - name: Checkout (with history; regen-index needs git log on scans/)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ingest.yml b/.github/workflows/ingest.yml
index 2fa98a52..ed049bb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ingest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ingest.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
   ingest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.3.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jekyll-gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/jekyll-gh-pages.yml
index ef600a69..c55fef28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jekyll-gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jekyll-gh-pages.yml
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
       - name: Setup Pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@v6.0.0
       - name: Build with Jekyll
         uses: actions/jekyll-build-pages@v1.0.13
         with:
           source: ./
           destination: ./_site
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3.0.1
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v5.0.0
 
   # Deployment job
   deploy:
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4.0.5
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jekyll.yml b/.github/workflows/jekyll.yml
index cb7a66f1..d1168c7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jekyll.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jekyll.yml
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
       - name: Setup Ruby
         # https://github.com/ruby/setup-ruby/releases/tag/v1.207.0
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1.283.0
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1.321.0
         with:
           ruby-version: '3.1' # Not needed with a .ruby-version file
           bundler-cache: true # runs 'bundle install' and caches installed gems automatically
           cache-version: 0 # Increment this number if you need to re-download cached gems
       - name: Setup Pages
         id: pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@v6.0.0
       - name: Build with Jekyll
         # Outputs to the './_site' directory by default
         run: bundle exec jekyll build --baseurl "${{ steps.pages.outputs.base_path }}"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           JEKYLL_ENV: production
       - name: Upload artifact
         # Automatically uploads an artifact from the './_site' directory by default
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3.0.1
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v5.0.0
 
   # Deployment job
   deploy:
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4.0.5
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml b/.github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml
index 9e133d7c..8d1f0931 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-email-notify.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - name: Send push notification email
-        uses: hyperpolymath/smtp-notify-action@v0.2.0 # NOSONAR — pin authority is actions.lock (sha1-ede1191ef6ff3ac02c4f4d9efdf837ee517e11d7)
+        uses: hyperpolymath/smtp-notify-action@v0.3.0 # NOSONAR — pin authority is actions.lock (sha1-ede1191ef6ff3ac02c4f4d9efdf837ee517e11d7)
         with:
           server_address: ${{ secrets.SMTP_HOST }}
           server_port: ${{ secrets.SMTP_PORT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality.yml b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
index 56ef468a..c058681d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
       
       - name: Check file permissions
         run: |
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           find . -type f -size +1M -not -path "./.git/*" | head -10 || echo "No large files"
       
       - name: EditorConfig check
-        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@v2.1.0
+        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@v3.0.0
         continue-on-error: true
 
   docs:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
       - name: Check documentation
         run: |
           MISSING=""
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rsr-antipattern.yml b/.github/workflows/rsr-antipattern.yml
index d65b971b..69f656dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rsr-antipattern.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rsr-antipattern.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Check for TypeScript
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtime-policy.yml b/.github/workflows/runtime-policy.yml
index ddfe0666..c67f7eb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtime-policy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtime-policy.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Report runtime tier and reject mixed toolchains
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-policy.yml b/.github/workflows/security-policy.yml
index 6b08664c..4c1cef16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-policy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-policy.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
       - name: Security checks
         run: |
           FAILED=false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wellknown-enforcement.yml b/.github/workflows/wellknown-enforcement.yml
index ea3fa33c..19715849 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wellknown-enforcement.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wellknown-enforcement.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
       
       - name: RFC 9116 security.txt validation
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-linter.yml
index a35db1b0..89090e21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-linter.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Check SPDX Headers
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zig-ffi.yml b/.github/workflows/zig-ffi.yml
index 8db8f72b..00b7f13b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zig-ffi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zig-ffi.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
 
       - name: Install Zig ${{ env.ZIG_VERSION }} (sha256-pinned)
         run: |