diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tools.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tools.yml
index 7d557e97062..2120a9813b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tools.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fossa.yml b/.github/workflows/fossa.yml
index 1bab50cb6c3..e3fb5941553 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fossa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fossa.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     # build-tools is built from ../../tools/build-tools.Dockerfile
     container: kedacore/build-tools:main
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
           go-version: "^1.15.3"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main-build.yml b/.github/workflows/main-build.yml
index f13ca02faf7..66b216816bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main-build.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     container: kedacore/build-tools:main
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml
index 96dcdff5b89..32b813bf0ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     container: kedacore/build-tools:main
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
index b1eb64e7322..bfb6be9d06d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     container: kedacore/build-tools:main
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Static Checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2.1.4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v1
       with:
         # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
         # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index bdb7accd2b5..ba5e11b39f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     container: kedacore/build-tools:main
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/v1-build.yml b/.github/workflows/v1-build.yml
index c3e05dbd641..ec2b5edcae1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/v1-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/v1-build.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     container: kedacore/build-tools:v1
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1