diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tag-rc.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tag-rc.yml
index 5797947be5..35558933e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tag-rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tag-rc.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # to publish to ghcr.io
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       # fetch all commits instead of only the last as some branches are long lived and could have many between versions
       # fetch all tags to ensure that "git describe" reports expected Gitea version, eg. v1.21.0-dev-1-g1234567
       - run: git fetch --unshallow --quiet --tags --force
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tag-version.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tag-version.yml
index 2d1dea0865..56426d3bc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tag-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tag-version.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       packages: write # to publish to ghcr.io
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       # fetch all commits instead of only the last as some branches are long lived and could have many between versions
       # fetch all tags to ensure that "git describe" reports expected Gitea version, eg. v1.21.0-dev-1-g1234567
       - run: git fetch --unshallow --quiet --tags --force