diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-cqa.yml b/.github/workflows/python-cqa.yml
index 38478cee..ac04a7a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-cqa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-cqa.yml
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ jobs:
       SEQREPO_ROOT_DIR: ./tests/data/seqrepo/latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: recursive
-    - uses: actions/cache@v2
+    - uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: ~/.cache/pip
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Update pip and setuptools
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 79b12b5f..6776fb3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Install pypa/build
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
         run: python3 -m build
       - name: Store the distribution packages
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
     steps:
       - name: Download all the dists
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/