diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 0e64ca75ca..dcd519b9c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
     #checkout the codebase from github
     - name: Checkout codebase
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     #validate composer files
     - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock