diff --git a/.github/workflows/_reusable-build-images.yml b/.github/workflows/_reusable-build-images.yml
index a586e64e317..08374b61218 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_reusable-build-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_reusable-build-images.yml
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ jobs:
           make build local-dest=/${{ runner.temp }}/build target=static-webserver
       - name: upload backend artifacts
         if: ${{ inputs.build-backend }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: docker-buildx-images-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}-backend
           path: /${{ runner.temp }}/build
       - name: upload frontend artifacts
         if: ${{ inputs.build-frontend }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: docker-buildx-images-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}-frontend
           path: /${{ runner.temp }}/build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
index 9b436d93f8a..f9d54e99688 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/unit-testing/catalog.bash test
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/catalog/test_failures
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/unit-testing/datcore-adapter.bash test
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/datcore-adapter/test_failures
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/unit-testing/director.bash test
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/director/test_failures
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/unit-testing/director-v2.bash test
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/director-v2/test_failures
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/webserver.bash test 01
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/web/server/test_failures
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/director-v2.bash test 01
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/director-v2/test_failures
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/director-v2.bash test 02
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/director-v2/test_failures
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/dynamic-sidecar.bash test 01
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/dynamic-sidecar/test_failures
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/docker-api-proxy.bash test
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./services/docker-api-proxy/test_failures
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/integration-testing/simcore-sdk.bash test
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./packages/simcore-sdk/test_failures
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/system-testing/public-api.bash test
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./test_failures
@@ -1780,13 +1780,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: dump services setting schemas
         run: export DOCKER_REGISTRY=local; export DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=production; make settings-schema.json
       - name: upload services settings schemas
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_services_settings_schemas
           path: ./services/**/settings-schema.json
       - name: upload failed tests logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./test_failures
@@ -1832,19 +1832,19 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/system-testing/e2e.bash dump_docker_logs
       - name: upload docker logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./tests/e2e/test_failures
       - name: upload screenshots
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_screenshots
           path: tests/e2e/screenshots
       - name: upload e2e logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_logs
           path: tests/e2e/logs
@@ -1891,13 +1891,13 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash dump_docker_logs
       - name: upload docker logs
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
           path: ./tests/e2e-playwright/test_failures
       - name: upload tracing if failed
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_tracing
           path: tests/e2e-playwright/test-results