diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 5fcc483a8..0a60dac1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -793,22 +793,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create common coverage directory
         run: mkdir cov-dir
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: coverage-file-tests-embedding
           path: cov-dir/embedding
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: coverage-file-tests-embedding-scripts
           path: cov-dir/embedding-scripts
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: coverage-file-tests-remote-session-launch
           path: cov-dir/launch
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: coverage-file-tests
           path: cov-dir/normal
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write        # Needed to download release artifacts
     steps:
       - name: "Download the library artifacts from build-library step"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-artifacts
           path: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-artifacts
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1449.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/1449.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1819b384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1449.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump actions/download-artifact from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0