diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5f7eac3..0236a12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Releases may only run from lrntct/xarray-grass." >&2
           exit 1
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Verify the tag and package version
         run: python3 scripts/release_checks.py verify-version "$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: verify-version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.14"
 
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ jobs:
     needs: [test, build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.14"
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: distributions
           path: dist
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: distributions
           path: dist
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: distributions
           path: dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9483d46..413daf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         apt-get update
         apt-get install -y ca-certificates
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Install uv
       run: |