diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 1789503e..0d7eb58b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         config:
           # testing R release with last shipped pandoc version in RStudio IDE and new pandoc
-          - {os: windows-latest, pandoc: '3.1.1',    r: 'release'}
-          - {os: macOS-latest,   pandoc: '3.1.1',    r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  pandoc: 'devel',    r: 'release'}
+          - {os: windows-latest, pandoc: '3.8.3',    r: 'release'}
+          - {os: macOS-latest,   pandoc: '3.8.3',    r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  pandoc: 'nightly',    r: 'release'}
           # testing older pandoc versions
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  pandoc: '3.1.1',   r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,  pandoc: '2.19.2',   r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,  pandoc: '2.18',     r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,  pandoc: '2.17.1.1', r: 'release'}
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
@@ -70,13 +71,9 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo dpkg -r pandoc
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
-        if: matrix.config.pandoc != 'devel'
         with:
           pandoc-version: ${{ matrix.config.pandoc }}
 
-      - uses: cderv/actions/setup-pandoc-nightly@nightly-pandoc
-        if: matrix.config.pandoc == 'devel'
-
       - name: Pandoc info
         run: |
           rmarkdown::find_pandoc()
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
           upload-snapshots: true
 
       - name: Test coverage
-        if: success() && runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.config.r == 'release' && matrix.config.pandoc == '2.19.2'
+        if: success() && runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.config.r == 'release' && matrix.config.pandoc == '3.1.1'
         run: |
           pak::pkg_install('covr')
           covr::codecov()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pandoc-daily.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-pandoc-daily.yaml
index 7a71c0e4..0a132e8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pandoc-daily.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pandoc-daily.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
 
       - name: install pandoc devel
-        uses: cderv/actions/setup-pandoc-nightly@nightly-pandoc
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+        with:
+          pandoc-version: nightly
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-examples.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-examples.yaml
index 1152d066..55c9044a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-examples.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-examples.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with: