diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index e428359d9..aeabd48bd 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/didier-durand",
             "contributions": []
         },
-        {
-            "login": "18jeffreyma",
-            "name": "Jeffrey Ma",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/18jeffreyma",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/18jeffreyma",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
         {
             "login": "V0XNIHILI",
             "name": "Douwe den Blanken",
@@ -83,6 +76,13 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/V0XNIHILI",
             "contributions": []
         },
+        {
+            "login": "18jeffreyma",
+            "name": "Jeffrey Ma",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/18jeffreyma",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/18jeffreyma",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
         {
             "login": "shanzehbatool",
             "name": "shanzehbatool",
@@ -223,13 +223,6 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/aptl26",
             "contributions": []
         },
-        {
-            "login": "James-QiuHaoran",
-            "name": "Haoran Qiu",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/James-QiuHaoran",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/James-QiuHaoran",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
         {
             "login": "arnaumarin",
             "name": "marin-llobet",
@@ -238,45 +231,10 @@
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "VThuong99",
-            "name": "Thuong Duong",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/VThuong99",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/VThuong99",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "MichaelSchnebly",
-            "name": "Michael Schnebly",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/MichaelSchnebly",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/MichaelSchnebly",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "Ekhao",
-            "name": "Emil Njor",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Ekhao",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/Ekhao",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "ELSuitorHarvard",
-            "name": "ELSuitorHarvard",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/ELSuitorHarvard",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/ELSuitorHarvard",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "oishib",
-            "name": "oishib",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/oishib",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/oishib",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "jared-ni",
-            "name": "Jared Ni",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/jared-ni",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/jared-ni",
+            "login": "James-QiuHaoran",
+            "name": "Haoran Qiu",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/James-QiuHaoran",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/James-QiuHaoran",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
@@ -286,6 +244,34 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/kaiM0ves",
             "contributions": []
         },
+        {
+            "login": "jared-ni",
+            "name": "Jared Ni",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/jared-ni",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/jared-ni",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "MichaelSchnebly",
+            "name": "Michael Schnebly",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/MichaelSchnebly",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/MichaelSchnebly",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "VThuong99",
+            "name": "Thuong Duong",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/VThuong99",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/VThuong99",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "Ekhao",
+            "name": "Emil Njor",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Ekhao",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/Ekhao",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
         {
             "login": "AditiR-42",
             "name": "Aditi Raju",
@@ -294,10 +280,17 @@
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "eimlav",
-            "name": "Eimhin Laverty",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/eimlav",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/eimlav",
+            "login": "oishib",
+            "name": "oishib",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/oishib",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/oishib",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "ELSuitorHarvard",
+            "name": "ELSuitorHarvard",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/ELSuitorHarvard",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/ELSuitorHarvard",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
@@ -307,6 +300,13 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/BaeHenryS",
             "contributions": []
         },
+        {
+            "login": "eimlav",
+            "name": "Eimhin Laverty",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/eimlav",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/eimlav",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
         {
             "login": "jaywonchung",
             "name": "Jae-Won Chung",
@@ -322,17 +322,17 @@
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "AndreaMattiaGaravagno",
-            "name": "AndreaMattiaGaravagno",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/AndreaMattiaGaravagno",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/AndreaMattiaGaravagno",
+            "login": "marcozennaro",
+            "name": "Marco Zennaro",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/marcozennaro",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/marcozennaro",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "arbass22",
-            "name": "Andrew Bass",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/arbass22",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/arbass22",
+            "login": "pongtr",
+            "name": "Pong Trairatvorakul",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/pongtr",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/pongtr",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
@@ -342,6 +342,13 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/aryatschand",
             "contributions": []
         },
+        {
+            "login": "AndreaMattiaGaravagno",
+            "name": "AndreaMattiaGaravagno",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/AndreaMattiaGaravagno",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/AndreaMattiaGaravagno",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
         {
             "login": "ShvetankPrakash",
             "name": "Shvetank Prakash",
@@ -349,6 +356,13 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/ShvetankPrakash",
             "contributions": []
         },
+        {
+            "login": "arbass22",
+            "name": "Andrew Bass",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/arbass22",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/arbass22",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
         {
             "login": "jianqingdu",
             "name": "jianqingdu",
@@ -384,20 +398,6 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/euranofshin",
             "contributions": []
         },
-        {
-            "login": "marcozennaro",
-            "name": "Marco Zennaro",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/marcozennaro",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/marcozennaro",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "pongtr",
-            "name": "Pong Trairatvorakul",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/pongtr",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/pongtr",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
         {
             "login": "alex-oesterling",
             "name": "Alex Oesterling",
@@ -405,6 +405,20 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/alex-oesterling",
             "contributions": []
         },
+        {
+            "login": "RinZ27",
+            "name": "Rin",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/RinZ27",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/RinZ27",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "Gjain234",
+            "name": "Gauri Jain",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Gjain234",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/Gjain234",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
         {
             "login": "Tess314",
             "name": "Tess314",
@@ -426,20 +440,6 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/vitasam",
             "contributions": []
         },
-        {
-            "login": "BunningsWarehouseOfficial",
-            "name": "Kristian Rado\u0161",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/BunningsWarehouseOfficial",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/BunningsWarehouseOfficial",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "Gjain234",
-            "name": "Gauri Jain",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Gjain234",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/Gjain234",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
         {
             "login": "taunoe",
             "name": "Tauno Erik",
@@ -447,13 +447,6 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/taunoe",
             "contributions": []
         },
-        {
-            "login": "RinZ27",
-            "name": "Rin",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/RinZ27",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/RinZ27",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
         {
             "login": "TheHiddenLayer",
             "name": "TheHiddenLayer",
@@ -461,27 +454,6 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/TheHiddenLayer",
             "contributions": []
         },
-        {
-            "login": "Allen-Kuang",
-            "name": "Allen-Kuang",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Allen-Kuang",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/Allen-Kuang",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "FinAminToastCrunch",
-            "name": "Fin Amin",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/FinAminToastCrunch",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/FinAminToastCrunch",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "BrunoScaglione",
-            "name": "Bruno Scaglione",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/BrunoScaglione",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/BrunoScaglione",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
         {
             "login": "serco425",
             "name": "Sercan Ayg\u00fcn",
@@ -497,17 +469,38 @@
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "YangZhou1997",
-            "name": "Yang Zhou",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/YangZhou1997",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/YangZhou1997",
+            "login": "salmanmkc",
+            "name": "Salman Chishti",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/salmanmkc",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/salmanmkc",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "aethernavshulkraven-allain",
-            "name": "\u0905\u0930\u0928\u0935 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e | Arnav Shukla",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/aethernavshulkraven-allain",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/aethernavshulkraven-allain",
+            "login": "FinAminToastCrunch",
+            "name": "Fin Amin",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/FinAminToastCrunch",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/FinAminToastCrunch",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "BrunoScaglione",
+            "name": "Bruno Scaglione",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/BrunoScaglione",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/BrunoScaglione",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "Allen-Kuang",
+            "name": "Allen-Kuang",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Allen-Kuang",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/Allen-Kuang",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "BunningsWarehouseOfficial",
+            "name": "Kristian Rado\u0161",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/BunningsWarehouseOfficial",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/BunningsWarehouseOfficial",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
@@ -518,45 +511,24 @@
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "XaicuL",
-            "name": "JEON HYUNJUN(Luciano)",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/XaicuL",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/XaicuL",
+            "login": "adil-mubashir-ch",
+            "name": "Adil Mubashir Chaudhry",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/adil-mubashir-ch",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/adil-mubashir-ch",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "KarthikDani",
-            "name": "Karthik Dani",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/KarthikDani",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/KarthikDani",
+            "login": "adityamulik",
+            "name": "Aditya Mulik",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/adityamulik",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/adityamulik",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "Pratham-ja",
-            "name": "Pratham Chaudhary",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Pratham-ja",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/Pratham-ja",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "Jahnic-kb",
-            "name": "Jahnic Beck",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Jahnic-kb",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/Jahnic-kb",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "BravoBaldo",
-            "name": "Baldassarre Cesarano",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/BravoBaldo",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/BravoBaldo",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
-        {
-            "login": "AbenezerKb",
-            "name": "Abenezer Angamo",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/AbenezerKb",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/AbenezerKb",
+            "login": "aethernavshulkraven-allain",
+            "name": "\u0905\u0930\u0928\u0935 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e | Arnav Shukla",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/aethernavshulkraven-allain",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/aethernavshulkraven-allain",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
@@ -567,24 +539,59 @@
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "adil-mubashir-ch",
-            "name": "Adil Mubashir Chaudhry",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/adil-mubashir-ch",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/adil-mubashir-ch",
+            "login": "Pratham-ja",
+            "name": "Pratham Chaudhary",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Pratham-ja",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/Pratham-ja",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "cursoragent",
-            "name": "Cursor Agent",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/cursoragent",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/cursoragent",
+            "login": "XaicuL",
+            "name": "Luciano",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/XaicuL",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/XaicuL",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "bilgeacun",
-            "name": "Bilge Acun",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/bilgeacun",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/bilgeacun",
+            "login": "YangZhou1997",
+            "name": "Yang Zhou",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/YangZhou1997",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/YangZhou1997",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "AbenezerKb",
+            "name": "Abenezer Kebede Angamo",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/AbenezerKb",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/AbenezerKb",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "BravoBaldo",
+            "name": "Baldassarre Cesarano",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/BravoBaldo",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/BravoBaldo",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "Jahnic-kb",
+            "name": "Jahnic Beck",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/Jahnic-kb",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/Jahnic-kb",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "KarthikDani",
+            "name": "Karthik Dani",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/KarthikDani",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/KarthikDani",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "emmanuel2406",
+            "name": "Emmanuel Rassou",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/emmanuel2406",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/emmanuel2406",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
@@ -595,10 +602,24 @@
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
-            "login": "salmanmkc",
-            "name": "Salman Chishti",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/salmanmkc",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/salmanmkc",
+            "login": "bilgeacun",
+            "name": "Bilge Acun",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/bilgeacun",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/bilgeacun",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "cursoragent",
+            "name": "Cursor Agent",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/cursoragent",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/cursoragent",
+            "contributions": []
+        },
+        {
+            "login": "harishb00",
+            "name": "Harish",
+            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/harishb00",
+            "profile": "https://github.com/harishb00",
             "contributions": []
         },
         {
@@ -608,13 +629,6 @@
             "profile": "https://github.com/happyappledog",
             "contributions": []
         },
-        {
-            "login": "emmanuel2406",
-            "name": "Emmanuel Rassou",
-            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/emmanuel2406",
-            "profile": "https://github.com/emmanuel2406",
-            "contributions": []
-        },
         {
             "login": "jasonlyik",
             "name": "Jason Yik",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/all-contributors-add.yml b/.github/workflows/all-contributors-add.yml
index 2885a0bd6..572fdb7aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/all-contributors-add.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/all-contributors-add.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       # =====================================================================
       - name: Extract trigger line, username, and detect project
         id: extract
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           PROJECTS: ${{ env.PROJECTS }}
           PROJECT_ALIASES: ${{ env.PROJECT_ALIASES }}
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate and combine results
         if: steps.extract.outputs.should_run == 'true'
         id: parse
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           LLM_RESPONSE: ${{ steps.llm.outputs.response || '' }}
           USERNAME: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.username }}
@@ -325,21 +325,21 @@ jobs:
       # =====================================================================
       - name: Checkout repository
         if: steps.extract.outputs.should_run == 'true' && steps.parse.outputs.success == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.TARGET_BRANCH }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Python
         if: steps.extract.outputs.should_run == 'true' && steps.parse.outputs.success == 'true'
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Get user info from GitHub
         if: steps.extract.outputs.should_run == 'true' && steps.parse.outputs.success == 'true'
         id: userinfo
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: |
             const username = '${{ steps.parse.outputs.username }}';
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ jobs:
       # =====================================================================
       - name: React to comment
         if: steps.extract.outputs.should_run == 'true' && steps.parse.outputs.success == 'true'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: |
             // Add reaction to the comment
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ jobs:
       # =====================================================================
       - name: Handle parsing failure
         if: steps.extract.outputs.should_run == 'true' && steps.parse.outputs.success == 'false'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           PROJECTS: ${{ env.PROJECTS }}
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-label.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-label.yml
index 9b7814e66..e3385fe03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-label.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-label.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Get issue/PR details
         id: get-details
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: |
             // Determine which issue/PR to label
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Fetch labels from GitHub
         id: fetch-labels
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: |
             // Fetch all labels from the repository
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
             The "other" array should be empty [] or contain label names that apply.
 
       - name: Parse and apply labels
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           LLM_RESPONSE: ${{ steps.llm.outputs.response }}
           ALL_LABELS_JSON: ${{ steps.fetch-labels.outputs.all_labels_json }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/book-build-baremetal.yml b/.github/workflows/book-build-baremetal.yml
index 03ae17cff..0df682ec8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/book-build-baremetal.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/book-build-baremetal.yml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
         if: matrix.enabled
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ jobs:
       # === LINUX: Setup Python (GitHub Action) ===
       - name: 🐍 Set up Python (Linux)
         if: matrix.enabled && runner.os == 'Linux'
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.13'
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 💾 Cache Python packages
         if: matrix.enabled
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         id: cache-python-packages
         with:
           path: |
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ jobs:
       # Cache Linux system packages without hardcoded paths
       - name: 💾 Cache APT packages
         if: matrix.enabled && runner.os == 'Linux'
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         id: cache-apt
         with:
           path: ~/.apt-cache
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ jobs:
       # Cache R packages using standard paths
       - name: 💾 Cache R packages
         if: matrix.enabled
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         id: cache-r-packages
         with:
           path: |
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 📤 Upload build artifacts
         if: matrix.enabled
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ steps.build-declaration.outputs.artifact_name }}
           path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.output_dir }}
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 📤 Upload Build Logs (Always)
         if: matrix.enabled && always()  # Upload logs even if build fails
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: build-logs-${{ matrix.os_name }}-${{ matrix.format }}-${{ github.run_id }}
           path: logs/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/book-build-container.yml b/.github/workflows/book-build-container.yml
index 3770f2aed..a2ed9108a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/book-build-container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/book-build-container.yml
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
         if: matrix.enabled
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.target }}
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ jobs:
           Write-Host "✅ EPUB compression completed."
 
       - name: 📤 Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         if: matrix.enabled
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.artifact_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/book-preview-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/book-preview-dev.yml
index aa7ee7238..e5fbc572c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/book-preview-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/book-preview-dev.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 📥 Download HTML Artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
           run-id: ${{ steps.run_info.outputs.run_id }}
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 📥 Download PDF Artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: dev-pdf-linux
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 📥 Download EPUB Artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: dev-epub-linux
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout repository (for scripts)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: ./repo-scripts
           sparse-checkout: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/book-publish-live.yml b/.github/workflows/book-publish-live.yml
index 6bf0d0350..bbd765f49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/book-publish-live.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/book-publish-live.yml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "✅ Branch check passed - running from ${{ github.ref_name }}"
 
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -878,19 +878,19 @@ jobs:
           echo "✅ API contract validated - all artifact names provided"
 
       - name: 📦 Download HTML Artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ${{ needs.call-production-build.outputs.linux_html_artifact }}
           path: ./html-temp
 
       - name: 📦 Download PDF Artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ${{ needs.call-production-build.outputs.linux_pdf_artifact }}
           path: ./pdf-temp
 
       - name: 📦 Download EPUB Artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ${{ needs.call-production-build.outputs.linux_epub_artifact }}
           path: ./epub-temp
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 📤 Upload PDF Artifact for GitHub Release
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: pdf-artifact
           path: Machine-Learning-Systems.pdf
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: 📤 Upload EPUB Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: epub-artifact
           path: Machine-Learning-Systems.epub
@@ -1390,12 +1390,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 📄 Download PDF from previous job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: pdf-artifact
           path: ./
@@ -1648,13 +1648,13 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: 📤 Upload Release Notes Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: release-notes
           path: release_notes_${{ needs.validate-inputs.outputs.new_version }}.md
 
       - name: 📤 Upload Git Log Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: git-changes
           path: |
@@ -1671,24 +1671,24 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 📄 Download PDF from previous job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: pdf-artifact
           path: ./
 
       - name: 📚 Download EPUB from previous job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: epub-artifact
           path: ./
 
       - name: 📝 Download release notes
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: release-notes
           path: ./
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/book-validate-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/book-validate-dev.yml
index 6d88ab9c1..5c5cd4c78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/book-validate-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/book-validate-dev.yml
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.test_branch || github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: 🐍 Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/infra-cleanup-caches.yml b/.github/workflows/infra-cleanup-caches.yml
index cc35e76ad..721c209a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/infra-cleanup-caches.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/infra-cleanup-caches.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: '📥 Checkout repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: '🐍 Setup Python'
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/infra-container-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/infra-container-linux.yml
index 6b3d8291d..e8ea76b27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/infra-container-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/infra-container-linux.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "✅ Environment check completed"
 
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: 🧹 Free up disk space
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/infra-container-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/infra-container-windows.yml
index fff590c6c..45e2d1228 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/infra-container-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/infra-container-windows.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Skip Docker Buildx for Windows containers - use native Docker engine
       # Buildx doesn't properly support Windows containers on GitHub Actions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/infra-health-check.yml b/.github/workflows/infra-health-check.yml
index 5c586c374..86445dab0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/infra-health-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/infra-health-check.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
         if: |
           (matrix.platform == 'linux' && inputs.test_linux != false) ||
           (matrix.platform == 'windows' && inputs.test_windows != false)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 📤 Upload Test Artifacts
         if: always() && ((matrix.platform == 'linux' && inputs.test_linux != false) || (matrix.platform == 'windows' && inputs.test_windows != false))
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-container-test-results
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/infra-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/infra-link-check.yml
index eaceec073..db26590bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/infra-link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/infra-link-check.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       broken-count: ${{ steps.link-summary.outputs.broken-count }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: 🔗 Check Links
         id: lychee
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kits-build-pdfs.yml b/.github/workflows/kits-build-pdfs.yml
index 039646897..9492122c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kits-build-pdfs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kits-build-pdfs.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           mv _build/pdf/Hardware-Kits-compressed.pdf _build/pdf/Hardware-Kits.pdf
 
       - name: 📤 Upload PDF Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: Kits-PDF
           path: kits/_build/pdf/Hardware-Kits.pdf
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kits-preview-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/kits-preview-dev.yml
index 523fe8ea7..b1adc3b1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kits-preview-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kits-preview-dev.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: 🔧 Setup Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           touch _build/.nojekyll
 
       - name: 📥 Download PDF Artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: Kits-PDF
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kits-publish-live.yml b/.github/workflows/kits-publish-live.yml
index c6bf78274..c2143515c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kits-publish-live.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kits-publish-live.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: 🔧 Setup Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           touch _build/.nojekyll
 
       - name: 📥 Download PDF Artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: Kits-PDF
           path: kits/_build/assets/downloads/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labs-preview-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/labs-preview-dev.yml
index 883c56d67..1137b7633 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labs-preview-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labs-preview-dev.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: 🔧 Setup Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labs-publish-live.yml b/.github/workflows/labs-publish-live.yml
index a39291135..2edf54a30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labs-publish-live.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labs-publish-live.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: 🔧 Setup Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-all-live.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-all-live.yml
index 5e0797ccb..21b4b7b0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-all-live.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-all-live.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-build-pdfs.yml b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-build-pdfs.yml
index 3f88a8de4..720d04c80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-build-pdfs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-build-pdfs.yml
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
           cache: 'pip'
           cache-dependency-path: 'tinytorch/site/requirements.txt'
 
       - name: 🟢 Setup Node.js (for Mermaid)
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
           node-version: '20'
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           latexmk_use_xelatex: true
 
       - name: 📤 Upload PDF Guide
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Guide
           path: tinytorch/site/_build/latex/tinytorch-course.pdf
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           latexmk_use_lualatex: true
 
       - name: 📤 Upload PDF Paper
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Paper
           path: tinytorch/paper/paper.pdf
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-preview-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-preview-dev.yml
index 5cbb8bc9a..cc10ba76f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-preview-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-preview-dev.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
           cache: 'pip'
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "✅ Build complete"
 
       - name: 📥 Download PDF Guide
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Guide
           path: ./pdf-artifacts/guide
 
       - name: 📥 Download PDF Paper
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Paper
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-live.yml b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-live.yml
index 96422a469..3b7c71d14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-live.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-live.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout dev branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: dev
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout main
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: main
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -366,12 +366,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: main  # Use freshly synced main
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
           cache: 'pip'
@@ -397,14 +397,14 @@ jobs:
           touch _build/html/.nojekyll
 
       - name: 📥 Download PDF Guide
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Guide
           path: ./pdf-artifacts/guide
 
       - name: 📥 Download PDF Paper
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Paper
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout main
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: main
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-update-pdfs.yml b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-update-pdfs.yml
index fefbcff27..d21702ebd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-update-pdfs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-update-pdfs.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     if: inputs.update_paper
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: main
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           latexmk_use_lualatex: true
 
       - name: 📤 Upload PDF Paper
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Paper
           path: tinytorch/paper/paper.pdf
@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ jobs:
     if: inputs.update_guide
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: main
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
           cache: 'pip'
           cache-dependency-path: 'tinytorch/site/requirements.txt'
 
       - name: 🟢 Setup Node.js (for Mermaid)
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
           node-version: '20'
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
           latexmk_use_xelatex: true
 
       - name: 📤 Upload PDF Guide
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Guide
           path: tinytorch/site/_build/latex/tinytorch-course.pdf
@@ -109,21 +109,21 @@ jobs:
     if: always() && (needs.build-paper.result == 'success' || needs.build-guide.result == 'success')
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout gh-pages
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: gh-pages
           path: gh-pages
 
       - name: 📥 Download Paper PDF
         if: needs.build-paper.result == 'success'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Paper
           path: ./artifacts/paper
 
       - name: 📥 Download Guide PDF
         if: needs.build-guide.result == 'success'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: TinyTorch-Guide
           path: ./artifacts/guide
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-validate-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-validate-dev.yml
index 867e2da88..bb7da91e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-validate-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-validate-dev.yml
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
@@ -348,10 +348,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
@@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout (for test script only)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             tinytorch/scripts/test-fresh-install.sh
@@ -462,10 +462,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-contributors.yml b/.github/workflows/update-contributors.yml
index deefd4510..f7be6905c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-contributors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-contributors.yml
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
           cache: 'pip'