diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions-pinned-check.yml b/.github/workflows/actions-pinned-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70c3aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions-pinned-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+# SEC-254: every `uses:` must reference an immutable 40-char commit SHA.
+# Mutable tags/branches do not pin — a compromised maintainer token can repoint
+# them at a malicious commit (CVE-2025-30066 hit 23k+ repos via tj-actions).
+# Deliberately implemented with shell only: the gate itself must not add a
+# third-party action dependency.
+name: actions-pinned-check
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/**"
+      - ".github/actions/**"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read # actions/checkout needs this to fetch a private repo
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: opus-runner-standard
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4.4.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Fail on unpinned action refs
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          bad=$(grep -rnE '^[[:space:]]*(-[[:space:]]+)?uses:' .github \
+                  --include='*.yml' --include='*.yaml' \
+                | sed 's/#.*//' \
+                | grep 'uses:' \
+                | grep -vE "uses:[[:space:]]*[\"']?\./" \
+                | grep -vE 'docker://[^[:space:]]+@sha256:' \
+                | grep -vE "@[0-9a-f]{40}[\"']?[[:space:]]*$" \
+                || true)
+          if [ -n "$bad" ]; then
+            echo "Unpinned action references (must be 40-char commit SHAs):"
+            echo "$bad"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "All action references are SHA-pinned."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pr-basic.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pr-basic.yml
index 758c8ab..0ef97af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pr-basic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pr-basic.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4.4.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Skip check for dependabot
         if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' || github.actor == 'dependabot-preview[bot]' }}
         run: echo "Skipping PR basics check for dependabot." && exit 0
-      - uses: thehanimo/pr-title-checker@v1.4.2
+      - uses: thehanimo/pr-title-checker@1d8cd483a2b73118406a187f54dca8a9415f1375 # v1.4.2
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           configuration_path: pull_request_title.json
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-pr-title.yml b/.github/workflows/test-pr-title.yml
index 675df82..e7fc5a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-pr-title.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-pr-title.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4.4.0
 
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@7f4fc3e22c37d6ff65e88745f38bd3157c663f7c # v4.9.1
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'