From 2f0222cb26121b86ed6916269606d905ceb2dacb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 21:09:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 (#3831)

* Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6

Bumps [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) from 4 to 6.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v4...v6)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/checkout
  dependency-version: '6'
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

* Upgrade Python version from 3.9 to 3.12 as 3.9 is no longer supported and a newer version is a requirement for other updates

---------

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Harry <Harry@cadby.co.uk>
---
 .github/workflows/build-cache.yml             |  8 ++++----
 .github/workflows/master-slugs.yml            |  4 ++--
 .github/workflows/update-generated-schema.yml |  4 ++--
 .github/workflows/validation.yml              | 12 ++++++------
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-cache.yml b/.github/workflows/build-cache.yml
index 381e98b8..ec61c554 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-cache.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ jobs:
     name: Build Lint and Format Cache
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         id: setup_python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: cache virtualenv
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache-venv
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ jobs:
     name: Build PyTest Cache
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         id: setup_python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: cache virtualenv
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache-venv-pytest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/master-slugs.yml b/.github/workflows/master-slugs.yml
index a336948b..e65c87e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master-slugs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master-slugs.yml
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ssh-key: ${{secrets.SLUG_DEPLOY_KEY}}
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         id: setup_python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: cache virtualenv
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache-venv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-generated-schema.yml b/.github/workflows/update-generated-schema.yml
index c171a626..2da120a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-generated-schema.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-generated-schema.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: pozetroninc/github-action-get-latest-release@master
         with:
           repository: netbox-community/netbox
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
         if: ${{ steps.netbox-release.outputs.release != vars.SCHEMA_VERSION }}
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         id: setup_python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
         if: ${{ steps.netbox-release.outputs.release != vars.SCHEMA_VERSION }}
       - name: cache virtualenv
         uses: actions/cache@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation.yml b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
index c9c3eda3..8ddcb3d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         id: setup_python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: cache virtualenv
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache-venv
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ jobs:
   format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         id: setup_python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: cache virtualenv
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache-venv
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         id: setup_python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: cache virtualenv
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache-venv-pytest