diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/api-tests.yaml
index 6ca8e0663..a061731a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-tests.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index cd4132161..6d77ba628 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 env:
+  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: 'true'
   BACKEND_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && 'nowdb-backend' || 'nowdb-backend-staging' }}
   FRONTEND_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && 'nowdb-frontend' || 'nowdb-frontend-staging' }}
   BACKEND_URL: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && secrets.BACKEND_URL_PROD || secrets.BACKEND_URL_STAGING }}
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Build image
         run: docker build . --file backend/Dockerfile --tag $BACKEND_IMAGE_NAME --label "runnumber=${GITHUB_RUN_ID}" --target node-run
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Build image
         run: docker build frontend --tag $FRONTEND_IMAGE_NAME --label "runnumber=${GITHUB_RUN_ID}" --build-arg BACKEND_URL=${BACKEND_URL} --build-arg RUNNING_ENV=${RUNNING_ENV} --build-arg ENABLE_WRITE=${ENABLE_WRITE} --build-arg GEONAMES_USERNAME=${{ secrets.GEONAMES_USERNAME }} --target serve
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 22479b3c3..ae766e6b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 28cca4712..4051aa005 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     name: 'Lint & tsc'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpmyadmin.yaml b/.github/workflows/phpmyadmin.yaml
index 9a582ea83..1bb944c27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpmyadmin.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpmyadmin.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Build image
         run: docker build -t phpmyadmin-nowdb phpmyadmin -f phpmyadmin/Dockerfile --tag $IMAGE_NAME
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
index 8863a303e..1d1382c78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Create env-files
         env: