diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
index defece617..f1da7ebfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ jobs:
     # A hung run would otherwise block the queued runs for GitHub's 6-hour default.
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071 # v4.4.1
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@45996ed1f6d02564a971a2fa1b5860e934307cf7 # v5.0.0
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}