diff --git a/.github/workflows/arduino-stats.yaml b/.github/workflows/arduino-stats.yaml
index 37c837e5335..2405b4a71a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arduino-stats.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arduino-stats.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Fetch downloads count form Arduino CDN using AWS Athena
         id: fetch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-stats.yaml b/.github/workflows/github-stats.yaml
index 83ca534ce34..2dfabb4412b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-stats.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-stats.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Fetch downloads count
         id: fetch
-        uses: actions/github-script@0.2.0
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3
         with:
           github-token: ${{github.token}}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/i18n-nightly-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/i18n-nightly-push.yaml
index 8ee5fe0ea0e..7241150d483 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/i18n-nightly-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/i18n-nightly-push.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@master
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/i18n-weekly-pull.yaml b/.github/workflows/i18n-weekly-pull.yaml
index 6749db625fc..1909f555c63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/i18n-weekly-pull.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/i18n-weekly-pull.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@master
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ jobs:
           TRANSIFEX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.TRANSIFEX_API_KEY }}
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v2
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
         with:
           commit-message: Updated translation files
           title: Updated translation files
           branch: i18n/translations-update
+          author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-validation.yaml b/.github/workflows/link-validation.yaml
index 679f2072236..d12e9957f99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-validation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-validation.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - name: Cache dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
index 5711cef1c72..7eb8f1081de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: build
         env:
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: goreleaser --snapshot
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
@@ -39,12 +41,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: dist
+          # to ensure compatibility with v1
+          path: dist
 
       - name: Import Code-Signing Certificates
         env:
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           perl -pi -w -e "s/.*${PACKAGE_FILENAME}/${CLI_CHECKSUM}  ${PACKAGE_FILENAME}/g;" dist/*-checksums.txt
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
@@ -97,9 +101,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Download artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: dist
+          # to ensure compatibility with v1
+          path: dist
 
       - name: upload
         uses: docker://plugins/s3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yaml
index ed4f8c672c2..36b76327d01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - name: Cache dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/python-lint.yaml
index c736d875cd6..85b7ff6978f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-lint.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@master
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Install Taskfile
         uses: Arduino/actions/setup-taskfile@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c634f8a5731..99da49f91d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Build
         run: goreleaser
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
@@ -34,12 +36,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: dist
+          # to ensure compatibility with v1
+          path: dist
 
       - name: Import Code-Signing Certificates
         env:
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           perl -pi -w -e "s/.*arduino-cli_${TAG}_macOS_64bit.tar.gz/${CLI_CHECKSUM}  arduino-cli_${TAG}_macOS_64bit.tar.gz/g;" dist/*-checksums.txt
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
@@ -92,12 +96,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Download artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: dist
+          # to ensure compatibility with v1
+          path: dist
 
       - name: Read CHANGELOG
         id: changelog
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create Github Release
         id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@master
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
           prerelease: ${{ steps.prerelease.outputs.IS_PRE }}
 
       - name: Upload release files on Github
-        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v1-release
+        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           file: dist/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yaml b/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
index 3b83f33b944..b61b2c688eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Mark stale
         if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
-        uses: actions/github-script@0.2.0
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3
         with:
           github-token: ${{github.token}}
           script: |
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Mark active
         if: github.event_name == 'issue_comment'
-        uses: actions/github-script@0.2.0
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3
         with:
           github-token: ${{github.token}}
           script: |
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Close stale
         if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
-        uses: actions/github-script@0.2.0
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3
         with:
           github-token: ${{github.token}}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 6b9cbf50eec..a2280e32153 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git config --global core.autocrlf false
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@master
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: build
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-docs.yaml
index 7dd759004dc..b49132ab7c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-docs.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - name: Cache dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-formatting.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify-formatting.yaml
index b27658dff26..1d6a9932acf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-formatting.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-formatting.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@master
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Install Taskfile
         uses: Arduino/actions/setup-taskfile@master