diff --git a/.github/workflows/core-test.yml b/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
index 152a7fbe6..aae0fde07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ jobs:
              numpy-version: '1.25.1'
     steps:
         - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+          uses: actions/setup-python@v5
           with:
             python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
         - name: Checkout repository
-          uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
         - name: Install numpy ${{ matrix.numpy-version }}
           run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/io-test.yml b/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
index 1abe61959..2900c99b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Get current year-month
         id: date
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "dataset_hash=$(git ls-remote https://gin.g-node.org/NeuralEnsemble/ephy_testing_data.git HEAD | cut -f1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
         # Loading cache of ephys_testing_dataset
         id: cache-datasets
         with:
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "hash=${{hashFiles('**/pyproject.toml', '**/environment_testing.yml')}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
         # the cache for python package is reset:
         #   * every month
         #   * when package dependencies change