diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 21724b8..11d7f5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-changed-files.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint-changed-files.yaml
index 2c51b7f..36cf23c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-changed-files.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-changed-files.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index ef7126b..a77ddd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/render_readme.yml b/.github/workflows/render_readme.yml
index 7728828..e356ca1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render_readme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render_readme.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repos
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup R
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 70f9881..125a662 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-citation-cff.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-citation-cff.yaml
index bf28a6d..dcbf77a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-citation-cff.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-citation-cff.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-json.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-json.yaml
index 1ea3478..dc79ff2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-json.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-json.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e4ff6e..b9fc7e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 
 <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file. -->
+
 <!-- The code to render this README is stored in .github/workflows/render-readme.yaml -->
+
 <!-- Variables marked with double curly braces will be transformed beforehand: -->
+
 <!-- `packagename` is extracted from the DESCRIPTION file -->
+
 <!-- `gh_repo` is extracted via a special environment variable in GitHub Actions -->
 
 # `{epiparameterDB}` <img src="man/figures/logo.svg" align="right" width="120" alt="" />