diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index c19199c..d6fcb29 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ updates:
     open-pull-requests-limit: 5
     labels:
       - "dependencies"
+    groups:
+      # CodeQL persists version-specific state between init and analyze.
+      codeql-action:
+        patterns:
+          - "github/codeql-action/*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index e63c641..8dad960 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@cdf488f595d80d6e07e03d4674febd5ab45fa938 # v4.37.9
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@b96794f015dfd88f77b49b1c93e0fa7110f94c63 # v4.38.0
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@cdf488f595d80d6e07e03d4674febd5ab45fa938 # v4.37.9
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@b96794f015dfd88f77b49b1c93e0fa7110f94c63 # v4.38.0
         with:
           category: "/language:${{ matrix.language }}"