diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5a3ea1ab2..15d02477b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@c2a5a2bd6a758a0937f1ddb1e8950609867ed15c # v4.3.0
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}