diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9de04b1d..ff81fb16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           - "3.12"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.4
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 03c0c300..e76717a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.3 # v3.3.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.4 # v3.3.0
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 6974afac..96577ab2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.4
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
   check-readme:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.4
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         # NOTE(ww): Important: use pip-audit's minimum supported Python version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 685dae1d..77e88107 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.4
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
index 29e8d857..b6f19973 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.3 # tag=v3.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.4 # tag=v3.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/pip_audit/_audit.py b/pip_audit/_audit.py
index c41de398..d977dbe2 100644
--- a/pip_audit/_audit.py
+++ b/pip_audit/_audit.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def audit(
         if self._options.dry_run:
             # Drain the iterator in dry-run mode.
             logger.info(f"Dry run: would have audited {len(list(specs))} packages")
-            return {}
+            yield from ()
         else:
             for dep, vulns in self._service.query_all(specs):
                 unique_vulns: list[VulnerabilityResult] = []