diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1564c7a44..815e7ef0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ jobs:
           path: target/debug
 
       - name: Install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deltachat-rpc-server.yml b/.github/workflows/deltachat-rpc-server.yml
index 981c0c391..365f3d3e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deltachat-rpc-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deltachat-rpc-server.yml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Python 3.11 is needed for tomllib used in scripts/wheel-rpc-server.py
       - name: Install python 3.12
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           show-progress: false
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"