diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 52537d5d..23dfc0a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # we don't know what commit the last tag was it's safer to get entire repo so previousStableVersion resolves
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub merge
         if: github.event.pull_request
@@ -41,9 +42,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub merge
         if: github.event.pull_request
@@ -68,9 +70,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub merge
         if: github.event.pull_request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
index db86104a..5eedc60c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'apache/incubator-pekko-projection'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: scalacenter/sbt-dependency-submission@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yml b/.github/workflows/format.yml
index b6a8b718..76bdebe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/incubator-pekko-projection'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout current branch (full)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Check project is formatted
diff --git a/.github/workflows/headers.yml b/.github/workflows/headers.yml
index 2559d2e9..036dfb5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/headers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/headers.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Java 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-cassandra.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-cassandra.yml
index 8f6052ae..5d0effed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-cassandra.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-cassandra.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ jobs:
           - { java-version: 11, scala-version: 2.12.18,  sbt-opts: '-J-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -J-XX:+UseJVMCICompiler' }
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub merge
         if: github.event.pull_request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-jdbc.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-jdbc.yml
index 6a9ae1fb..c4a03a26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-jdbc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-jdbc.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ jobs:
           - { java-version: 11, scala-version: 2.12.18,  sbt-opts: '-J-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -J-XX:+UseJVMCICompiler' }
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub merge
         if: github.event.pull_request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-kafka.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-kafka.yml
index ab314d6a..cdd4cf02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-kafka.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-kafka.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ jobs:
           - { java-version: 11, scala-version: 2.12.18,  sbt-opts: '-J-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -J-XX:+UseJVMCICompiler' }
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub merge
         if: github.event.pull_request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-slick.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-slick.yml
index f9c311da..053d1974 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-slick.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-slick.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ jobs:
           - { java-version: 11, scala-version: 2.12.18,  sbt-opts: '-J-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -J-XX:+UseJVMCICompiler' }
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub merge
         if: github.event.pull_request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
index e51df95d..baddc7a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ jobs:
       JAVA_OPTS: -Xms2G -Xmx2G -Xss2M -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # we don't know what commit the last tag was it's safer to get entire repo so previousStableVersion resolves
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Setup Java 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
@@ -38,9 +39,10 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/incubator-pekko-projection'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Set up JDK 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 7343ae6e..7075bd80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ jobs:
           - { java-version: 11, scala-version: 3.3.0,  sbt-opts: '-J-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -J-XX:+UseJVMCICompiler' }
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Checkout GitHub merge
         if: github.event.pull_request