diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml
index 192414d473..e2697f3206 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 # Custom actions used:
 #   - actions/cache/restore@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
 #   - actions/cache/save@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
-#   - actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+#   - actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 #   - actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
 #   - actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
 #   - actions/github-script@v9
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           sparse-checkout: |
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH=${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools.json"
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Create gh-aw temp directory
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository for patch context
         if: needs.agent.outputs.has_patch == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       # --- Threat Detection ---