diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1f83427..237eeb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with: { persist-credentials: false }
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
         with: { python-version: "3.12" }
       - name: install sdk + clean-gate tool (--no-deps keeps the tool's vlabs-sdk dependency on this checkout)
         run: |