diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 48fe1d4ba6..952d4e684b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-php/with-php/' | sed 's/without-php_extension/with-php_extension/' )
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-go/with-go/')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-java/with-java/' | sed 's/without-kotlin/with-kotlin/')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-netstd/with-netstd/')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-swift/with-swift/')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-rs/with-rs/')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-py3/with-py3/')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run configure
         run: ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-py3/with-py3/')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler-${{ matrix.os }}
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed -E 's/without-node([tj])s/with-node\1s/g')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed -E 's/without-cpp/with-cpp/g')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./configure $(echo $CONFIG_ARGS_FOR_LIBS | sed 's/without-ruby/with-ruby/')
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: thrift-compiler
           path: compiler/cpp
@@ -879,51 +879,51 @@ jobs:
             libevent-dev
 
       - name: Download java precross artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: java-precross
           path: lib/java/build
 
       - name: Download kotlin precross artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: kotlin-precross
           path: lib/kotlin
 
       - name: Download swift precross artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         if: false   # currently broken and no maintainers around -> see THRIFT-5864
         with:
           name: swift-precross
           path: test/swift/CrossTests/.build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/debug
 
       - name: Download rust precross artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         if: false   # currently broken and no maintainers around -> see THRIFT-5917
         with:
           name: rs-precross
           path: test/rs/bin
 
       - name: Download go precross artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: go-precross
           path: test/go/bin
 
       - name: Download cpp precross artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: cpp-precross
           path: .
 
       - name: Download python precross artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: py-precross
           path: .
 
       - name: Download ruby precross artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: rb-precross
           path: .