diff --git a/changes/fix-fleetctl-new-checkout-action b/changes/fix-fleetctl-new-checkout-action
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2560bee5cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/fix-fleetctl-new-checkout-action
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated the version of the checkout action in the `fleetctl new` template to avoid Node warnings.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/templates/new/.github/workflows/workflow.template.yml b/cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/templates/new/.github/workflows/workflow.template.yml
index 334d49e6ffe..3ba9083d5bb 100644
--- a/cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/templates/new/.github/workflows/workflow.template.yml
+++ b/cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/templates/new/.github/workflows/workflow.template.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout this repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Make github action script executable
         run: chmod +x ./.github/fleet-gitops/gitops.sh