diff --git a/.github/actions/workflow-restarter-proxy/action.yml b/.github/actions/workflow-restarter-proxy/action.yml
index 4fc6acf..db67c61 100644
--- a/.github/actions/workflow-restarter-proxy/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/workflow-restarter-proxy/action.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ runs:
 
     # checkout the repository because I want bundler to have access to my Gemfile
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     # setup ruby including a bundle install of my Gemfile
     - name: Set up Ruby and install Octokit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gem_acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/gem_acceptance.yml
index ab915fb..5ea8275 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gem_acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gem_acceptance.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: "checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
 
       - name: "export environment"
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gem_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/gem_ci.yml
index 8827168..e42fa9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gem_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gem_ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
       - name: "shellcheck"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gem_release.yml b/.github/workflows/gem_release.yml
index 3204244..19c7bb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gem_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gem_release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
           clean: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gem_release_prep.yml b/.github/workflows/gem_release_prep.yml
index 4cdfbc1..03febe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gem_release_prep.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gem_release_prep.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
           clean: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index c350534..785a1ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
 
       - name: "Run yaml-lint"
         uses: "ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mend_ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/mend_ruby.yml
index 3217ab4..91a79e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mend_ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mend_ruby.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "checkout"
         if: success()
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/module_acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/module_acceptance.yml
index 66417ba..9354bdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/module_acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/module_acceptance.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
 
       - name: "Configure forge authentication"
         env:
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
           nslookup artifactory.delivery.puppetlabs.net
 
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
 
       - name: "Disable Apparmor"
         if: ${{ inputs.disable_apparmor }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/module_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/module_ci.yml
index eeb2572..99b7985 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/module_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/module_ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/module_release.yml b/.github/workflows/module_release.yml
index 5482e5e..7dba5af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/module_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/module_release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           ruby-version: "3.1"
 
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           ref: "${{ github.ref }}"
           clean: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/module_release_prep.yml b/.github/workflows/module_release_prep.yml
index 3b3080d..4b1208e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/module_release_prep.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/module_release_prep.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: "string"
 
-
 jobs:
   release_prep:
     name: "Release prep"
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -45,9 +44,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: "setup ruby"
         uses: "ruby/setup-ruby@v1"
         with:
-          ruby-version: "3.1"
+          ruby-version: "3.3"
           bundler-cache: "true"
-          bundler: 2.4.22
 
       - name: "bundle environment"
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tooling_mend_ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/tooling_mend_ruby.yml
index 911ad9c..ca11407 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tooling_mend_ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tooling_mend_ruby.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "checkout"
         if: success()
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter-test.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter-test.yml
index 090a557..118ae07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter-test.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # (3) checkout this repository in order to "see" the following custom action
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Trigger reusable workflow
         uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/actions/workflow-restarter-proxy@main"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter.yml
index f2e88b4..65354cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-restarter.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Check retry count
         id: check-retry