diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 02388f689f..6916fd5ce8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         running-workflow-name: 'build master-ci'
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         check-regexp: ^((?!.*(build prebuilt|create badges).*).)*$
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # checkout version > v4 breaks nightly release script
       with:
         submodules: true
         fetch-depth: 0