diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c32b1610..f6c52ebb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
       with:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/