diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 758c448..94f80ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           # needed to avoid MPI warning
           echo "OMPI_MCA_btl=^openib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Download artifacts with plumed
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
       with:
         name: plumed-master
         path: ~
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 15bfbae..07a21d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
       with:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/