diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index 8e5fac0c0..8bdbc6c3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Style/cargo-deny
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v2
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: macos-latest   , features: "feat_Tier1,feat_require_unix,feat_require_unix_utmpx" }
           - { os: windows-latest , features: feat_os_windows }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
 #          - { os: macos-latest   , features: feat_os_macos }
 #          - { os: windows-latest , features: feat_os_windows }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest , features: feat_os_unix }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest , features: feat_os_unix }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest , features: feat_os_unix }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: macos-latest   , features: feat_os_macos }
           - { os: windows-latest , features: feat_os_windows }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: macos-latest   , features: feat_os_macos }
           - { os: windows-latest , features: feat_os_windows }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest , features: feat_os_unix }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: windows-latest , target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc      , features: feat_os_windows }
           - { os: windows-latest , target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc     , features: feat_os_windows, use-cross: use-cross , skip-tests: true }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         ## VARs setup
         echo "TEST_SUMMARY_FILE=busybox-result.json" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ jobs:
         outputs() { step_id="${{ github.action }}"; for var in "$@" ; do echo steps.${step_id}.outputs.${var}="${!var}"; echo "${var}=${!var}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT; done; }
         TEST_SUMMARY_FILE="toybox-result.json"
         outputs TEST_SUMMARY_FILE
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ jobs:
           # FIXME: Re-enable Code Coverage on windows, which currently fails due to "profiler_builtins". See #6686.
           # - { os: windows-latest , features: windows, toolchain: nightly-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
       with:
         toolchain: ${{ matrix.job.toolchain }}
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
         # windows-latest - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/7044
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [ min_version, deps ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CheckScripts.yml b/.github/workflows/CheckScripts.yml
index 78a4656fc..f6f13bbe6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CheckScripts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CheckScripts.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Run ShellCheck
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup shfmt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/FixPR.yml b/.github/workflows/FixPR.yml
index bbdf50b30..d9ac2dbda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/FixPR.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/FixPR.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest , features: feat_os_unix }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Initialize job variables
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest , features: feat_os_unix }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Initialize job variables
diff --git a/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml b/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
index 0636acdae..0a98a3691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/GnuTests.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     #### Get the code, setup cache
     - name: Checkout code (uutils)
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         path: 'uutils'
         persist-credentials: false
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         workspaces: "./uutils -> target"
     - name: Checkout code (GNU coreutils)
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         repository: 'coreutils/coreutils'
         path: 'gnu'
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     #### Get the code, setup cache
     - name: Checkout code (uutils)
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         path: 'uutils'
         persist-credentials: false
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         workspaces: "./uutils -> target"
     - name: Checkout code (GNU coreutils)
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         repository: 'coreutils/coreutils'
         path: 'gnu'
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ jobs:
 
         outputs TEST_SUMMARY_FILE AGGREGATED_SUMMARY_FILE
     - name: Checkout code (uutils)
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         path: 'uutils'
         persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/android.yml b/.github/workflows/android.yml
index 4f8edea30..5856d0fdd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
         sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
         sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Collect information about runner
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index 299b2adcb..b06ad4e60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest , features: feat_os_unix }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: macos-latest   , features: feat_os_macos }
           - { os: windows-latest , features: feat_os_windows }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest , features: feat_os_unix }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Initialize workflow variables
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml b/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml
index 7e6b80bf4..5ab13392c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
       SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml b/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
index ff1697a62..a25ca34d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fuzzing.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build the fuzzers
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           - { name: fuzz_seq_parse_number, should_pass: true }
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@nightly
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: always()
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Download all stats
diff --git a/.github/workflows/l10n.yml b/.github/workflows/l10n.yml
index fe89cf5d8..b4a151d81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/l10n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/l10n.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: macos-latest   , features: "feat_os_macos" }
           - { os: windows-latest , features: "feat_os_windows" }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
     name: L10n/Fluent Syntax Check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Setup Python
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
       SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest  , features: "feat_os_unix" }
           - { os: macos-latest   , features: "feat_os_macos" }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ jobs:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest  , features: "feat_os_unix" }
           - { os: macos-latest   , features: "feat_os_macos" }
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ jobs:
       SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ jobs:
       SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wsl2.yml b/.github/workflows/wsl2.yml
index 89bd7d37f..4f342847c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wsl2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wsl2.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         job:
           - { os: windows-latest, distribution: Ubuntu-24.04, features: feat_os_unix}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Install WSL2