diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc_generation-6.0.yml b/.github/workflows/doc_generation-6.0.yml
index b802e0a7..a1a89cb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc_generation-6.0.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc_generation-6.0.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       # checkout the evio-6.0 branch
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       # generate the C doxygen files
       - name: Doxygen Action C
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # generate the javadoc files
       - name: Set up JDK 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
           java-version: '8'
           distribution: 'adopt'
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       # checkout the gh-pages branch
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           ref: gh-pages