diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease_tag.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease_tag.yml
index 12eda15ed3..e976811a51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease_tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease_tag.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       run: echo "prerelease_tag=$(bundle exec rake newrelic:version:current)-pre" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Make tag
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@a06a81a03ee405af7f2048a818ed3f03bbf83c7b # tag v2.5.0
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@153bb8e04406b158c6c84fc1615b65b24149a1fe # tag v2.6.1
       with:
         tag_name: ${{ env.prerelease_tag }}
         name: ${{ env.prerelease_tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5c18da8d7e..424f06d615 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "VERSION=$(ls newrelic_rpm-*.gem | ruby -pe 'sub(/newrelic_rpm\-(.*).gem/, "\\1")')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Create github release
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@a06a81a03ee405af7f2048a818ed3f03bbf83c7b # tag v2.5.0
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@153bb8e04406b158c6c84fc1615b65b24149a1fe # tag v2.6.1
       if: $(git tag -l ${{ env.VERSION }}) == false
       with:
         tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}