diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7b12ef6c3..a3ef9b5db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@c2a5a2bd6a758a0937f1ddb1e8950609867ed15c # v4.3.0
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
         id: release
         with:
           config-file: release-please-config.json