diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index 7a1e8dc0..156afa03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Codespell
-        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v1
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_schema.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_schema.yml
index a0a31eb2..914586ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_schema.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_schema.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.12"
     - name: Install dev branch of HDMF
       run: |
         pip install git+https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf.git