diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 616fdd0d..5bb7a0fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
     steps:
       - name: Download all the dists
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Download all the dists
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/