diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0dc6e3d..053c2e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: install pypa/build
         run: >-
             python -m
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build distribution
         run: python -m build
       - name: store the dist packages
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
     - name: Download all dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for sigstore    
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/