diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pull-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pull-requests.yml
index e4ab62da859..2375cbb1422 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pull-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pull-requests.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       affected_packages: ${{ steps.affected-packages.outputs.list }}
       changed_files: ${{ steps.ci-filter.outputs.changed-files }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           # Use merge_group SHA when in merge queue, otherwise PR merge ref
           ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'merge_group' && github.event.merge_group.head_sha || format('refs/pull/{0}/merge', github.event.pull_request.number) }}
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ vars.RUNNER_PROVIDER == 'github' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204' }}
     needs: install-and-build
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ needs.install-and-build.outputs.commit_sha }}
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ vars.RUNNER_PROVIDER == 'github' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204' }}
     needs: install-and-build
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ needs.install-and-build.outputs.commit_sha }}
 
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ jobs:
     if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           sparse-checkout: .github/actions/ci-filter
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           mode: validate
           job-results: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
-          
+
   # Posts a QA metrics comparison comment on the PR.
   # Runs after all checks so any job can emit metrics before this reports.
   post-qa-metrics-comment:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-docker-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-docker-reusable.yml
index b7e227baf0a..110a24f173d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-docker-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-docker-reusable.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch || github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sec-poutine-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/sec-poutine-reusable.yml
index ed7f05d80ca..5b32021fe6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sec-poutine-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sec-poutine-reusable.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-bench-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/test-bench-reusable.yml
index 65357155a7a..39e0f78493e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-bench-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-bench-reusable.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'n8n-io/n8n'
     runs-on: ${{ vars.RUNNER_PROVIDER == 'github' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2204' }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-db-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/test-db-reusable.yml
index 5ae8bb24f58..c343259f9bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-db-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-db-reusable.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       TEST_IMAGE_POSTGRES: ${{ matrix.TEST_IMAGE_POSTGRES }}
       COVERAGE_ENABLED: ${{ matrix.collectCoverage }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-dev-server-smoke-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/test-dev-server-smoke-reusable.yml
index fbe1b40d9f3..9c9cae1d4c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-dev-server-smoke-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-dev-server-smoke-reusable.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-reusable.yml
index fcc1f6cd80d..b210c8974aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-reusable.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch || github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-evals-discovery.yml b/.github/workflows/test-evals-discovery.yml
index 0dc3635a6e6..70900216602 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-evals-discovery.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-evals-discovery.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch || github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-linting-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/test-linting-reusable.yml
index 6c4e7707274..41b1a34c7ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-linting-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-linting-reusable.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ${{ vars.RUNNER_PROVIDER == 'github' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204' }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-unit-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/test-unit-reusable.yml
index 9701b95d7d6..1d71ec8547e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-unit-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-unit-reusable.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       AFFECTED_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.affectedPackages }}
       CHANGED_FILES: ${{ inputs.changedFiles }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       AFFECTED_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.affectedPackages }}
       CHANGED_FILES: ${{ inputs.changedFiles }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
       AFFECTED_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.affectedPackages }}
       CHANGED_FILES: ${{ inputs.changedFiles }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
       AFFECTED_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.affectedPackages }}
       CHANGED_FILES: ${{ inputs.changedFiles }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-workflow-scripts-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/test-workflow-scripts-reusable.yml
index cddea96514f..798f16bdd15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-workflow-scripts-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-workflow-scripts-reusable.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Run tests for workflow scripts
     runs-on: ${{ vars.RUNNER_PROVIDER == 'github' && 'ubuntu-slim' || 'blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204' }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/util-qa-metrics-comment-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/util-qa-metrics-comment-reusable.yml
index 543452588c8..3d2a39444be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/util-qa-metrics-comment-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/util-qa-metrics-comment-reusable.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: useblacksmith/checkout@41cdeedae8edb2e684ba22896a5fd2a3cb85db6b # v1
         with:
           sparse-checkout: .github/scripts/post-qa-metrics-comment.mjs
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false