diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
index b82b607..6388aef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code 🛒
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         id: code-checkout
 
       - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock 🎼
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c861d10..3057ab8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code 🛒
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup PHP 🐫
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [ lint ]
     steps:
       - name: Check out code 🛒
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Build package 🔧
         id: build-package
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index badac35..301fd9b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "require-dev": {
-    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "3.*",
+    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "4.*",
     "wp-coding-standards/wpcs": "^3.0"
   },
   "name": "radiusmethod/wp-ossc",