diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit-autoupdate.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit-autoupdate.yaml
index 8ba7ac14ef1..e6b195b84df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit-autoupdate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit-autoupdate.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
             ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pre-commit-autoupdate
       - name: setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       - name: upgrade pip
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
       - name: install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit.yml
index 4bc5bddfdbc..328fc55b24b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit.yml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'pydata/xarray'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml
index 432aea8a375..284b4f4ad94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         name: Install Python
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-artifacts
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         name: Install Python
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
index 9b1664a0292..88f92ec3a27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2