diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-latest-release.yml b/.github/workflows/check-latest-release.yml
index 9f9403586..7e3197377 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-latest-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-latest-release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: Get previous release tag
         id: get-previous-release-tag
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
           result-encoding: string
diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
index 07caf3cec..2434e5e24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "LIFECYCLE_VERSION=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Determine download urls for linux-x86-64, linux-arm64, linux-ppc64le, linux-s390x
         id: artifact-urls
-        # FIXME: this script should be updated to work with actions/github-script@v6
-        uses: actions/github-script@v3
+        # FIXME: this script should be updated to work with actions/github-script@v8
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "RELEASE_KIND=release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Get previous release tag
         id: get-previous-release-tag
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
           result-encoding: string