diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-new-action-version.yml b/.github/workflows/release-new-action-version.yml
index 5e6fbed..f495ab2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-new-action-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-new-action-version.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Update the ${{ env.TAG_NAME }} tag
-      uses: actions/publish-action@v0.2.0
+      uses: actions/publish-action@v0.3.0
       with:
         source-tag: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9942a67..7c311e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # setup CWL runner
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup python for cwltool
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9.x'
+          python-version: '3.12.x'
       - name: Install cwltool
         run: pip install cwltool
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '18.x'
+          node-version: '20.x'
 
       - name: Run tests
         id: run-tests
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index ce650fd..ea9e7c6 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Setup Python for testing
       if: ${{ inputs.skip-python-install == 'false' }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.9.x'
+        python-version: '3.12.x'
     - name: Install cwltest
       shell: bash
       run: pip install cwltest