diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c7fe9c6..73916b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # required for PyPI trusted publishing + attestations (OIDC)
       attestations: write  # required to upload sigstore attestations
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093  # v4.3.0
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c  # v8.0.1
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist/
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # full history so we can extract the tag's CHANGELOG section
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093  # v4.3.0
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c  # v8.0.1
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist/