diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index ad257c5af..285a078d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ jobs:
             type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${{ env.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Download digests
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           path: /tmp/digests
           pattern: digests-operator-*
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ jobs:
             type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${{ env.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Download digests
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           path: /tmp/digests
           pattern: digests-kubectl-*