diff --git a/cfg/_cnst.js b/cfg/_cnst.js
index 6340530..5077724 100644
--- a/cfg/_cnst.js
+++ b/cfg/_cnst.js
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ module.exports = {
   eslintExtensions: 'ts,tsx,cts,mts,vue,html',
   stylelintExtensions: 'css,scss',
   lintExclude: ['./**/__exclude/**', './**/dist/**', './**/cache/**', './CHANGELOG.md'],
+  minActionlintVersion: '1.7.4',
 }
diff --git a/cfg/lint-staged.config.js b/cfg/lint-staged.config.js
index 5fdf3b0..ee51029 100644
--- a/cfg/lint-staged.config.js
+++ b/cfg/lint-staged.config.js
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ console.log(`lint-staged.config.js runs on node ${node} ${platform} ${arch}`)
 const fs = require('node:fs')
 const micromatch = require('micromatch')
 const { execSync } = require('node:child_process')
+const { _assert, semver2 } = require('@naturalcycles/js-lib')
+const { exec2 } = require('@naturalcycles/nodejs-lib')
+
 const {
   prettierDirs,
   prettierExtensionsExclusive,
   prettierExtensionsAll,
   stylelintExtensions,
   lintExclude,
+  minActionlintVersion,
 } = require('./_cnst')
 
 const prettierConfigPath = [`prettier.config.js`].find(fs.existsSync)
@@ -129,6 +133,8 @@ const linters = {
       return []
     }
 
+    requireActionlintVersion()
+
     // run actionlint on all files at once, as it's fast anyway
     return [`actionlint`]
   },
@@ -192,4 +198,27 @@ function canRunBinary(name) {
   }
 }
 
+function requireActionlintVersion() {
+  const version = getActionLintVersion()
+  if (!version) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  console.log(`actionlint version: ${version}`)
+
+  _assert(
+    semver2(version).isSameOrAfter(minActionlintVersion),
+    `actionlint needs to be updated. Min accepted version: ${minActionlintVersion}, local version: ${version}\nThis is how to install/update it: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint/blob/main/docs/install.md`,
+  )
+}
+
+function getActionLintVersion() {
+  try {
+    return exec2.exec('actionlint --version').split('\n')[0]
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err)
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = linters
diff --git a/src/lint.util.ts b/src/lint.util.ts
index a940fd7..73d1d55 100644
--- a/src/lint.util.ts
+++ b/src/lint.util.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import cp from 'node:child_process'
 import fs from 'node:fs'
-import { _isTruthy, _since, _truncate, UnixTimestampMillis } from '@naturalcycles/js-lib'
+import {
+  _assert,
+  _isTruthy,
+  _since,
+  _truncate,
+  semver2,
+  SemVerString,
+  UnixTimestampMillis,
+} from '@naturalcycles/js-lib'
 import { boldGrey, dimGrey, exec2, git2 } from '@naturalcycles/nodejs-lib'
 import yargs from 'yargs'
 import { cfgDir, scriptsDir } from './paths'
@@ -10,6 +18,7 @@ const {
   stylelintExtensions,
   eslintExtensions,
   lintExclude,
+  minActionlintVersion,
 } = require('../cfg/_cnst')
 
 /**
@@ -283,6 +292,7 @@ function runActionLint(): void {
   if (!fs.existsSync('.github/workflows')) return
 
   if (canRunBinary('actionlint')) {
+    requireActionlintVersion()
     exec2.spawn(`actionlint`)
   } else {
     console.log(
@@ -291,6 +301,23 @@ function runActionLint(): void {
   }
 }
 
+export function requireActionlintVersion(): void {
+  const version = getActionLintVersion()
+  if (!version) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  _assert(
+    semver2(version).isSameOrAfter(minActionlintVersion),
+    `actionlint needs to be updated. Min accepted version: ${minActionlintVersion}, local version: ${version}\nThis is how to install/update it: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint/blob/main/docs/install.md`,
+  )
+}
+
+export function getActionLintVersion(): SemVerString | undefined {
+  if (!canRunBinary('actionlint')) return
+  return exec2.exec('actionlint --version').split('\n')[0]
+}
+
 export function runBiome(fix = true): void {
   // if (!fs.existsSync(`node_modules/@biomejs/biome`)) {
   //   if (verbose) {