diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5da97452bd5..8ccb41130e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ${{ matrix.install_dist.run }}
       # Get the dist-manifest
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: artifacts-*
           path: target/distrib/
@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cached dist
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
       - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: artifacts-*
           path: target/distrib/
@@ -238,14 +238,14 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cached dist
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
       - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
       - name: Fetch artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: artifacts-*
           path: target/distrib/
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ jobs:
           path: dist-manifest.json
       # Create a GitHub Release while uploading all files to it
       - name: "Download GitHub Artifacts"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: artifacts-*
           path: artifacts