diff --git a/.github/workflows/cff-validator.yml b/.github/workflows/cff-validator.yml
index a038ca46..ebd11d24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cff-validator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cff-validator.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       # This is needed for workflows running on
       # ubuntu-20.04 or later
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml
index 6751c3f0..c7e5c473 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ jobs:
           - {os: macOS-latest, r: 'oldrel'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest, r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest, r: 'oldrel'}
+          #- {os: ubuntu-latest, r: 'oldrel'}
 
 
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 550a5dc1..776bd79d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 32107559..0c3b41cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - 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 7a54a4c3..e98c141f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-citation-cff.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-citation-cff.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with: