diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-linux-aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/release-linux-aarch64.yml
index 3abb2e1b9..867cebcf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-linux-aarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-linux-aarch64.yml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Download binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: qbz-linux-aarch64
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
       # release-linux.yml's matching step for the full rationale (one
       # artifact feeds nfpm, the main tarball, and the standalone tarball).
       - name: Download qbzd binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: qbzd-linux-aarch64
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
index 702ba8c7d..351d1e6a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Download binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: qbz-linux-x86_64
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
       # the standalone qbzd tarball (T15 Step 2b) further down — all three
       # ship the same 2.35-glibc-floor binary.
       - name: Download qbzd binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: qbzd-linux-x86_64
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-snap.yml b/.github/workflows/release-snap.yml
index 27e9f1455..70920e1fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-snap.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-snap.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Download prebuilt binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: qbz-bin-amd64
           path: dl
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Download prebuilt binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: qbz-bin-arm64
           path: dl