diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f23b47e..59b2162 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
       with:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Download build artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
       with:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/