diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend_build.yml b/.github/workflows/backend_build.yml
index c21cb283..0784c2c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend_build.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ jobs:
         # needed because the postgres container does not provide a healthcheck
         options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 2
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.8