diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-5.x.yml b/.github/workflows/release-5.x.yml
index b6059c3472..ac95427bf7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-5.x.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-5.x.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
     steps:
       - id: release
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v5
         with:
           target-branch: '5.x'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ac9810e05b..6f7e25fe6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
     steps:
       - id: release
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v5
         with:
           target-branch: 'main'