diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-ai-sdk.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-ai-sdk.yaml
index 0ca24a10..4c7c733f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-ai-sdk.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-ai-sdk.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071 # v4
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@45996ed1f6d02564a971a2fa1b5860e934307cf7 # v5.0.0
         with:
           # this assumes that you have created a personal access token
           # (PAT) and configured it as a GitHub action secret named