diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_external_links.yml b/.github/workflows/check_external_links.yml
index 213e02f05..e030f37ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_external_links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_external_links.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'  # TODO update to 3.12 when optional reqs (e.g., oaklib) support 3.12
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
index 1b49de35b..66448cca2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           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: '3.12'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_all_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_all_tests.yml
index 77e480d62..308c56347 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_all_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_all_tests.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-ver }}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-ver }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/run_coverage.yml
index 072abe556..4e43afc7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_coverage.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_hdmf_zarr_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_hdmf_zarr_tests.yml
index 1ed84aebc..ecfdeaeeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_hdmf_zarr_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_hdmf_zarr_tests.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'  # use 3.10 until hdmf-zarr updates versioneer.py which breaks on newer python
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_pynwb_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_pynwb_tests.yml
index 3bdc5fb28..bf3f32343 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_pynwb_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_pynwb_tests.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index b8b975520..070de1a53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-ver }}
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-ver }}
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'