diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit.yml b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
index e0da8e855..e3d34f968 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
@@ -24,5 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions-rust-lang/audit@v1
         name: Audit Rust Dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/code_coverage.yml
index d29a5b200..2d8f482a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_coverage.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install lcov tools
         run: sudo apt-get install lcov -y
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
index 658dcde8e..c1b14edc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout repo"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: "Read rust version"
         id: read_toolchain
         run: echo "rust_version=$(cat rust-version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -99,6 +105,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
         # Install a recent version of clang that supports wasm32
       - run: wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add - || exit 1
       - run: sudo apt-get update || exit 1
@@ -126,6 +134,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -143,6 +153,8 @@ jobs:
       checks: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
             toolchain: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.rust_version }}
@@ -174,6 +186,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-update-rust.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-update-rust.yml
index 207f6b7c4..2fc212ebd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-update-rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-update-rust.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2
         id: generate-token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_docs.yml
index 6e821c6d2..4e41271f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_docs.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set default toolchain
         run: rustup default nightly
       - name: Set profile
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout `bitcoindevkit.org`
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          persist-credentials: false
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.DOCS_PUSH_SSH_KEY }}
           repository: bitcoindevkit/bitcoindevkit.org
           ref: master