diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
index 7c4f64d5..3be31642 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ on: push
 jobs:
   build-n-publish:
     name: Build and publish Python distribution to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
         run: |
           python -mpip install wheel