diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2eEnvironment.yml b/.github/workflows/e2eEnvironment.yml
index 0ef3bed691..731b14b502 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2eEnvironment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2eEnvironment.yml
@@ -45,14 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt/go.mod
           cache: true
           cache-dependency-path: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt/go.sum
-      # Pinned to Commit to ensure action is consistent: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/security-hardening-for-github-actions#using-third-party-actions
-      # If you upgrade this version confirm the changes match your expectations
-      - name: Install KinD
-        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.6.2
+      - name: Install Kind
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1
         with:
-          version: "v0.32.0"
-          skipClusterCreation: true
-          skipClusterLogsExport: true
+          version: v0.32.0
+          install_only: true
       - name: Run Tests
         working-directory: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 9847660dc6..fa0569bc28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           which podman
           podman version
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt
       - name: Set up Go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: ${{ env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt
       - name: Set up Go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/live-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/live-e2e.yml
index 71bb07edfc..6674a03890 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/live-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/live-e2e.yml
@@ -44,14 +44,11 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt/go.mod
           cache: true
           cache-dependency-path: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt/go.sum
-      # Pinned to Commit to ensure action is consistent: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/security-hardening-for-github-actions#using-third-party-actions
-      # If you upgrade this version confirm the changes match your expectations
-      - name: Install KinD
-        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.6.2
+      - name: Install Kind
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1
         with:
-          version: "v0.32.0"
-          skipClusterCreation: true
-          skipClusterLogsExport: true
+          version: v0.32.0
+          install_only: true
 
       - name: Run Tests
         working-directory: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-api.yml b/.github/workflows/release-api.yml
index 2ea8cae2db..6e017da4c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-api.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     name: kpt-api-release
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d40d28a4c1..9beaac37de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       hashes: ${{ steps.hash.outputs.hashes }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verifyContent.yml b/.github/workflows/verifyContent.yml
index 6abfe19b6e..642fed5712 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verifyContent.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verifyContent.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           path: go/src/github.com/kptdev/kpt
       - name: Set up Go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verifyDocumentation.yml b/.github/workflows/verifyDocumentation.yml
index 257292c5ff..59e63c124c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verifyDocumentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verifyDocumentation.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6