diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8252eadd8..6544ac8f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: 'Create GitHub release' 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
       - name: Add plugin for conventional commits
-        run: npm install conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
+        run: npm install --save-dev conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@6.1.0
       - name: Release to GitHub
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
@@ -25,4 +26,4 @@ jobs:
           GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: info@asyncapi.io
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: asyncapi-bot
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: info@asyncapi.io
-        run: npx semantic-release@17.4.3
+        run: npx semantic-release@21.0.7