diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 5a1074eff..bf09e79c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'prometheus/client_java' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071 # v4.4.1
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@45996ed1f6d02564a971a2fa1b5860e934307cf7 # v5.0
         id: release-please
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}