diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e63747eb..00cd9d5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       INVOKE_NETUTILS_LOCAL: "True"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
         uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       INVOKE_NETUTILS_LOCAL: "True"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
         uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ jobs:
       INVOKE_NETUTILS_LOCAL: "True"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
-        uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v6"
+        uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - name: "Type-Hints: mypy"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       INVOKE_NETUTILS_LOCAL: "True"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
         uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       INVOKE_NETUTILS_LOCAL: "True"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
         uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       INVOKE_NETUTILS_LOCAL: "True"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
         uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.14"]
     env:
       INVOKE_NETUTILS_PYTHON_VER: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
         uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ jobs:
         run: "echo INVOKE_NETUTILS_IMAGE_VER=`poetry version -s`-py${{ matrix.python-version }} >> $GITHUB_ENV"
       - name: "Set up Docker Buildx"
         id: "buildx"
-        uses: "docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2"  # v3.10.0
+        uses: "docker/setup-buildx-action@37fe631027851001ddb9b187196cc803df7f5f0e"  # v4.3.0
       - name: "Build"
-        uses: "docker/build-push-action@ca052bb54ab0790a636c9b5f226502c73d547a25"  # v5.4.0
+        uses: "docker/build-push-action@53b7df96c91f9c12dcc8a07bcb9ccacbed38856a"  # v7.3.0
         with:
           builder: "${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}"
           context: "./"
@@ -147,31 +147,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     env:
       INVOKE_NETUTILS_PYTHON_VER: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
+      INVOKE_NETUTILS_LOCAL: "True"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
         uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
           poetry-version: "2.1.3"
-      - name: "Get image version"
-        run: "echo INVOKE_NETUTILS_IMAGE_VER=`poetry version -s`-py${{ matrix.python-version }} >> $GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: "Set up Docker Buildx"
-        id: "buildx"
-        uses: "docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2"  # v3.10.0
-      - name: "Build"
-        uses: "docker/build-push-action@ca052bb54ab0790a636c9b5f226502c73d547a25"  # v5.4.0
-        with:
-          builder: "${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}"
-          context: "./"
-          push: false
-          load: true
-          tags: "${{ env.INVOKE_NETUTILS_IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.INVOKE_NETUTILS_IMAGE_VER }}"
-          file: "./Dockerfile"
-          cache-from: "type=gha,scope=${{ env.INVOKE_NETUTILS_IMAGE_NAME }}-${{ env.INVOKE_NETUTILS_IMAGE_VER }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-          cache-to: "type=gha,scope=${{ env.INVOKE_NETUTILS_IMAGE_NAME }}-${{ env.INVOKE_NETUTILS_IMAGE_VER }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-          build-args: |
-            PYTHON_VER=${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: "Run Tests"
         run: "poetry run invoke pytest"
   changelog:
@@ -181,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out repository code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           fetch-depth: "0"
       - name: "Setup environment"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/oui_filepull.yml b/.github/workflows/oui_filepull.yml
index 0f9eae40..9124088b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/oui_filepull.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/oui_filepull.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       BRANCH_NAME: "OUI_Updates"
     steps:
       - name: "Check out code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           ref: "develop"
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout repo
       - name: "Check out code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           ref: "OUI_Updates"
       # Create PR from branch created above into develop
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
index 1a70ab5b..abb283a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           # If target_branch is 'main', use 'develop' as the source branch. Otherwise, the source and target branch are the same.
           ref: "${{ github.event.inputs['target_branch'] == 'main' && 'develop' || github.event.inputs['target_branch'] }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/proto_filepull.yml b/.github/workflows/proto_filepull.yml
index 5f958249..1c2e9fc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/proto_filepull.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/proto_filepull.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout repo
       - name: "Check out code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           ref: "develop"
       # Delete old branch if it exists
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout repo
       - name: "Check out code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           ref: "PROTO_Updates"
       # Create PR from branch created above into develop
diff --git a/.github/workflows/proto_num_filepull.yml b/.github/workflows/proto_num_filepull.yml
index c19fcb96..d6b9209a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/proto_num_filepull.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/proto_num_filepull.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout repo
       - name: "Check out code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           ref: "develop"
       # Delete old branch if it exists
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout repo
       - name: "Check out code"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           ref: "PROTO_NUM_Updates"
       # Create PR from branch created above into develop
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a1455227..56670222 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy rule:comments
 env:
   POETRY_VERSION: "2.1.3"
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.12"
+  INVOKE_NETUTILS_LOCAL: "True"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     if: "startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')"
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Setup environment"
         uses: "networktocode/gh-action-setup-poetry-environment@v7"
         with:
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: "write"
     needs: "build"
     steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
       - name: "Retrieve built package from cache"
         uses: "actions/download-artifact@v4"
         with:
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout source branch"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v7"
         with:
           ref: "${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}"
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/changes/+checkout-action.housekeeping b/changes/+checkout-action.housekeeping
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05e0929d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/+checkout-action.housekeeping
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgrade GitHub actions/checkout@v4 to @v7.
diff --git a/changes/893.fixed b/changes/893.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25c2ebf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/893.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed the release process failing due to missing local environment invoke variable.