diff --git a/pkg/actionpins/README.md b/pkg/actionpins/README.md
index ae1bed914c..0adf5a0f29 100644
--- a/pkg/actionpins/README.md
+++ b/pkg/actionpins/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Resolution supports two modes:
 |----------|-----------|-------------|
 | `GetActionPins` | `func() []ActionPin` | Returns all loaded pins |
 | `GetActionPinsByRepo` | `func(repo string) []ActionPin` | Returns all pins for a repository (version-descending) |
-| `GetActionPinByRepo` | `func(repo string) (ActionPin, bool)` | Returns the latest pin for a repository |
+| `GetLatestActionPinByRepo` | `func(repo string) (ActionPin, bool)` | Returns the latest pin for a repository |
 | `FormatReference` | `func(repo, sha, version string) string` | Formats a pinned reference (`repo@sha # version`) |
 | `FormatCacheKey` | `func(repo, version string) string` | Formats a cache key (`repo@version`) |
 | `ExtractRepo` | `func(uses string) string` | Extracts the repository from a `uses` reference |
diff --git a/pkg/actionpins/actionpins.go b/pkg/actionpins/actionpins.go
index 3918a06117..c62f8aeb65 100644
--- a/pkg/actionpins/actionpins.go
+++ b/pkg/actionpins/actionpins.go
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ func GetActionPinsByRepo(repo string) []ActionPin {
 	return cachedActionPinsByRepo[repo]
 }
 
-// GetActionPinByRepo returns the latest ActionPin for a given repository, if any.
-func GetActionPinByRepo(repo string) (ActionPin, bool) {
+// GetLatestActionPinByRepo returns the latest ActionPin for a given repository, if any.
+func GetLatestActionPinByRepo(repo string) (ActionPin, bool) {
 	pins := GetActionPinsByRepo(repo)
 	if len(pins) == 0 {
 		return ActionPin{}, false
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ func GetActionPinByRepo(repo string) (ActionPin, bool) {
 	return pins[0], true
 }
 
-// getActionPin returns the pinned reference for the latest version of the repo.
+// getLatestActionPinReference returns the pinned reference for the latest version of the repo.
 // Returns an empty string if no pin is found.
-func getActionPin(repo string) string {
+func getLatestActionPinReference(repo string) string {
 	pins := GetActionPinsByRepo(repo)
 	if len(pins) == 0 {
 		return ""
@@ -320,18 +320,18 @@ func ResolveActionPin(actionRepo, version string, ctx *PinContext) (string, erro
 // If ctx is nil, only embedded pins are consulted.
 func GetCachedActionPin(repo string, ctx *PinContext) string {
 	if ctx == nil {
-		return getActionPin(repo)
+		return getLatestActionPinReference(repo)
 	}
 
 	pins := GetActionPinsByRepo(repo)
 	if len(pins) == 0 {
-		return getActionPin(repo)
+		return getLatestActionPinReference(repo)
 	}
 
 	latestVersion := pins[0].Version
 	pinnedRef, err := ResolveActionPin(repo, latestVersion, ctx)
 	if err != nil || pinnedRef == "" {
-		return getActionPin(repo)
+		return getLatestActionPinReference(repo)
 	}
 	return pinnedRef
 }
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/README.md b/pkg/workflow/README.md
index 5bf8614174..b46785b6c8 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/README.md
+++ b/pkg/workflow/README.md
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ The package is intentionally large (~320 source files) because it encodes all Gi
 | Function | Signature | Description |
 |----------|-----------|-------------|
 | `GetActionPin` | `func(actionRepo string) string` | Returns the pinned SHA for an action |
-| `GetActionPinByRepo` | `func(string) (ActionPin, bool)` | Looks up a pin by repo |
+| `GetLatestActionPinByRepo` | `func(string) (ActionPin, bool)` | Looks up the latest pin by repo |
 | `DetectActionMode` | `func(version string) ActionMode` | Detects the action reference mode |
 | `ParseTagRefTSV` | `func(line string) (sha, objType string, err error)` | Parses tab-separated tag ref output into SHA and object type |
 | `ExtractActionsFromLockFile` | `func(lockFilePath string) ([]ActionUsage, error)` | Extracts action usages from a lock file |
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/action_pins.go b/pkg/workflow/action_pins.go
index 0944fe686a..4d150b463d 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/action_pins.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/action_pins.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func getCachedActionPinFromResolver(repo string, resolver ActionSHAResolver) str
 
 // getActionPinByRepo returns the latest ActionPin for a given repository, if any.
 func getActionPinByRepo(repo string) (ActionPin, bool) {
-	return actionpins.GetActionPinByRepo(repo)
+	return actionpins.GetLatestActionPinByRepo(repo)
 }
 
 // getActionPinWithData returns the pinned action reference for a given action@version,