diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 47adf707d36..85e8ea7ebc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install build twine
       - run: python -m build --sdist --wheel
       - run: twine check --strict dist/*
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       name: pypi
       url: https://pypi.org/p/mne
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist