diff --git a/.github/workflows/ai-provider-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/ai-provider-matrix.yml
index 3eaf8819..a9746b1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ai-provider-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ai-provider-matrix.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pinned-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pinned-actions.yml
index f4a04e13..5d448ba2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pinned-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pinned-actions.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cd37f313..fc217714 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: pip
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
       MALLOC_ARENA_MAX: "2"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ jobs:
         mcp-version: ["1.20", ""]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write  # upload Semgrep SARIF to GitHub code scanning
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Check license headers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/iac-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/iac-tests.yml
index 14b5a454..75686aa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/iac-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/iac-tests.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-emulated-heavy.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-emulated-heavy.yml
index 9b64f824..e136390d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-emulated-heavy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-emulated-heavy.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     environment: integration-emulated
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
     environment: integration-emulated
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-live.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-live.yml
index 4a84919a..dbf13f9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-live.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-live.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       FORGE_CI_RUN_TAG: "forge-ci-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 0951c89b..1ed38317 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       contains(inputs.providers, 'snowflake')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
       contains(inputs.providers, 'bigquery')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
       contains(inputs.providers, 'aws')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ jobs:
           --health-retries 30
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ jobs:
       contains(inputs.providers, 'mcp')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ jobs:
       contains(inputs.providers, 'mcp')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "enabled=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       # 1. Install fluid-cli + provision the demo contract.
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         if: steps.gate.outputs.enabled == 'true'
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/judge-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/judge-gate.yml
index c37f41df..e9c49515 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/judge-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/judge-gate.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 6
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/llm-smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/llm-smoke.yml
index b1de644e..2d6364c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/llm-smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/llm-smoke.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 91e4e2ce..0206df28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
           # setuptools-scm needs full history + all tags to derive the version.
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [quality-gate, publish-testpypi]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [quality-gate, publish-pypi]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-model-catalog.yml b/.github/workflows/update-model-catalog.yml
index 06317b5f..fd0db987 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-model-catalog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-model-catalog.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1  # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'