diff --git a/.gitlab/workflows/semantic-release.yml b/.gitlab/workflows/semantic-release.yml
index 1f4f53da..f2436fc2 100644
--- a/.gitlab/workflows/semantic-release.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/workflows/semantic-release.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 semantic-release:
   image:
-    name: node:20.15.1@sha256:786005cf39792f7046bcd66491056c26d2dbcc669c072d1a1e4ef4fcdddd26eb
+    name: node:20.16.0@sha256:1ae9ba874435551280e95c8a8e74adf8a48d72b564bf9dfe4718231f2144c88f
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE == "serious-scaffold" && $CI_PROJECT_NAME == "ss-python" && $PAT != null
   script:
diff --git a/template/[% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/semantic-release.yml.jinja b/template/[% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/semantic-release.yml.jinja
index 7d3ddf02..0fea4798 100644
--- a/template/[% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/semantic-release.yml.jinja	
+++ b/template/[% if repo_platform == 'gitlab' or repo_platform == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/semantic-release.yml.jinja	
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 semantic-release:
   image:
-    name: node:20.15.1@sha256:786005cf39792f7046bcd66491056c26d2dbcc669c072d1a1e4ef4fcdddd26eb
+    name: node:20.16.0@sha256:1ae9ba874435551280e95c8a8e74adf8a48d72b564bf9dfe4718231f2144c88f
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE == "{{ repo_namespace }}" && $CI_PROJECT_NAME == "{{ repo_name }}" && $PAT != null
   script: