diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 863a658ec..cb3873d7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - id: docker_tag
         run: echo "DOCKER_TAG=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           body: |
             This is release `${{ env.GITHUB_REF_NAME }}` of Tanka (`tk`). Check out the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/grafana/tanka/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for detailed release notes.