diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ec0dc19..fa5c405 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       new_tag_name: ${{ steps.get_new_tag.outputs.new_tag_name }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # get all history and tags
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name lightform-bot
           git config user.email lightform-bot@users.noreply.github.com
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION_BUMP }}
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Manipulate tags (stable release)
         if: github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'main'
         run:
-          | # delete all pre-release tags, set current version to the latest stable release,
+          | # delete all pre-release tags, set current version to the latest stable release
           CUR_PRE_TAG=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
           echo "CUR_PRE_TAG is: $CUR_PRE_TAG"
           echo "cur_pre_tag=$CUR_PRE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
           ./git-chglog --template .chglog/RELEASE.tpl.md --output CHANGELOG_increment.md ${{ env.new_tag }}
           cat CHANGELOG_increment.md
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: CHANGELOG_increment
           path: CHANGELOG_increment.md
@@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ jobs:
     needs: [bump-version]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }} # otherwise we get the ref when the workflow started (missing above commit)
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION_RELEASE }}
 
       - name: Cache the virtualenv
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ./.venv
           key: venv-release-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: mkdir release-artifacts
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           path: release-artifacts
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Release
         id: release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           body_path: release-artifacts/CHANGELOG_increment/CHANGELOG_increment.md
           tag_name: ${{ needs.bump-version.outputs.new_tag_name }}