diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a4ea3e8fc..6964f0fa2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
-name: Publish distribution packages ? to PyPI and TestPyPI
+name: Publish distribution packages to PyPI and TestPyPI
 
 on: push
 
 jobs:
   build:
     # we build on each push, even though we only publish for tagged pushes
-    name: Build distribution packages ?
+    name: Build distribution packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: "3.x"
+        python-version: "3.12"
     - name: Install pypa/build
       run: python3 -m pip install build --user
     - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
       run: python3 -m build
     - name: Store the distribution packages
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: python-distribution-packages
         path: dist/
 
   publish-to-testpypi:
-    name: Publish distribution packages ? to TestPyPI
+    name: Publish distribution packages to TestPyPI
     # only publish to TestPyPI on tag pushes
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     needs:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.7
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
       with:
         name: python-distribution-packages
         path: dist/
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.7
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
       with:
         name: python-distribution-packages
         path: dist/