diff --git a/.github/workflows/playground.yml b/.github/workflows/playground.yml
index 8ad091e..a4a631a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playground.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playground.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [playground-job]
     steps:
       - name: Download binaries built by go-releaser from previous job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: go-releaser-binaries
           path: app2/ # this path will contain app1 and app2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 18890e7..5f6c49f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Download binaries built by go-releaser from previous job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: go-releaser-binaries
           path: app/ # must specify path (e.g. same as during upload), or files end up on root (?)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [docker-push]
     steps:
       - name: Download image digests
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           # see comment in upload-artifact@v4, we need to merge by pattern due to the platform specific names
           pattern: digests-*