diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog_stage.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog_stage.yml
index bbe8a2c54..0521b935d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog_stage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog_stage.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ jobs:
     # If we change the output filename from `release_notes.md`, it should also be changed in tools/create_github_release.py
     - name: checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Prepare changelog
       run: |-
         CERTBOT_VERSION="$(cd certbot/src && python -c "import certbot; print(certbot.__version__)" && cd ~-)"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/common_deploy_jobs.yml b/.github/workflows/common_deploy_jobs.yml
index 534618933..61e2c9aaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/common_deploy_jobs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/common_deploy_jobs.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |-
         sudo apt-get update
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Retrieve Certbot snaps
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v8.0.1
       with:
@@ -129,6 +133,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Login to Docker Hub
       uses: docker/login-action@v4.1.0
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging_jobs.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging_jobs.yml
index 1484da173..5e82a9956 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging_jobs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging_jobs.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
     - name: Build the Docker images
       # We don't filter for the Docker Hub organization to continue to allow
       # easy testing of these scripts on forks.