diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
index f9abba102..63475d1ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo with submodules
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: 'recursive'
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required for versioneer to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'