diff --git a/.github/workflows/append-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/append-changelog.yml
index be984cb..574fe35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/append-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/append-changelog.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name: Append changelog for new release
 
 on:
-
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
@@ -9,13 +8,10 @@ on:
         required: true
 
 jobs:
-
   append-changelog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Write changelog
         run: |
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -fv CHANGELOG.md.bak
 
       - name: Commit & push changes
-        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v8
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
         with:
           author_name: github-actions[bot]
           author_email: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 7bb15a0..c6c2d2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -1,29 +1,45 @@
-name: Check
+name: Markdown Lint & Spellcheck
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
     paths:
       - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+      - '.markdownlint.json'
       - '.aspell.*.pws'
 
 jobs:
   markdownlint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v9
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v16
         with:
           globs: 'CHANGELOG.md'
-  spellchecker:
+
+  spellcheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup aspell
-        run: sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y install aspell aspell-en
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get -y update
+          sudo apt-get -y install aspell aspell-en
       - name: Run spellchecker
         run: |
-          SPELLCHECK_OUT=$(cat CHANGELOG.md \
-            | aspell --lang=en --encoding=utf-8 --personal=./.aspell.en.pws list)
-          echo $SPELLCHECK_OUT
-          test $(echo -n $SPELLCHECK_OUT | wc -c) -eq 0
+          set -eux
+          temp=$(mktemp)
+          cat CHANGELOG.md \
+            | aspell \
+              --lang=en \
+              --encoding=utf-8 \
+              --personal=./.aspell.en.pws \
+              list \
+            | sort -u \
+            > $temp
+          if [ -s $temp ]; then
+            cat $temp
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-submodules.yml b/.github/workflows/update-submodules.yml
index 9841bf4..2bce3ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-submodules.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-submodules.yml
@@ -3,21 +3,16 @@ name: Update submodules
 on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
-
   update-submodules:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PUSH_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Update submodules recursively
         run: |
           git submodule update --init --recursive
           git submodule update --recursive --remote
-
       - name: Commit & push changes
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'