diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0d3330838..6019bc3e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Download Derrick
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           path: archive
           name: derrick_${{env.version}}_linux_${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
       - name: Download Entrypoint
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           path: archive
           name: derrick-entrypoint_${{ env.version }}_linux_${{ matrix.arch }}.zip
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - name: Download Docker image tarballs
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: derrick_*_${{ env.version }}_${{ github.sha }}.docker.tar
           merge-multiple: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/end-to-end.yml b/.github/workflows/end-to-end.yml
index 424923f94..a58cbc64a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/end-to-end.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/end-to-end.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ jobs:
       derrick-odr-image: ${{ steps.push-derrick-odr.outputs.derrick-odr-image }}
     steps:
       - name: Download Derrick Image
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.derrick-tar }}
 
       - name: Download Derrick ODR Image
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.derrick-odr-tar }}
 
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       - uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with: 
           name: ${{ inputs.derrick-binary }}
 
       - name: Download Docker image tarballs
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: derrick_*_${{ github.sha }}.docker.tar
           merge-multiple: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 8712e8582..5e794f5a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |-
           export KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
           timeout 60s bash -c 'trap "echo Failed, timeout reached while waiting for kubernetes to launch 1>&2" SIGTERM; while ! kubectl get node 2>/dev/null ; do sleep 1 ; done; echo "Connected, ok"'
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: derrick.tar
       - name: Execute Integration Tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/json-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/json-docs.yml
index 32954f8f5..1e669c41a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/json-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/json-docs.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version-file: .go-version
       - run: go mod download
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           path: "."
       - name: generate json plugin docs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - generate-json-docs
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           path: "embedJson"
           name: docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website-mdx.yml b/.github/workflows/website-mdx.yml
index feba47070..9b1edb002 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website-mdx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website-mdx.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           path: "."
       - name: generate plugin docs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - generate-website-mdx
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           path: website/
           name: website