diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/windows_tests.yaml
index e15714721..d4305d316 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows_tests.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           set-safe-directory: /cygdrive/d/a/modules/modules
-      - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@3f0a3f9f988f7e96b8c18098ae05eaec175f5b52 # v6.1
+      - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@5a1b0cd107181fa6bb6bf3f90d500f4fb3132f18 # v7.0.0
         with:
           # precise all sphinxcontrib packages required as dependency spec
           # of python39-sphinx package is regularly broken (tomli module is
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           set-safe-directory: /cygdrive/d/a/modules/modules
-      - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@3f0a3f9f988f7e96b8c18098ae05eaec175f5b52 # v6.1
+      - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@5a1b0cd107181fa6bb6bf3f90d500f4fb3132f18 # v7.0.0
         with:
           # precise all sphinxcontrib packages required as dependency spec
           # of python39-sphinx package is regularly broken (tomli module is
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           set-safe-directory: /cygdrive/d/a/modules/modules
-      - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@3f0a3f9f988f7e96b8c18098ae05eaec175f5b52 # v6.1
+      - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@5a1b0cd107181fa6bb6bf3f90d500f4fb3132f18 # v7.0.0
         with:
           # precise all sphinxcontrib packages required as dependency spec
           # of python39-sphinx package is regularly broken (tomli module is