diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index ae6779c..3e82697 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   version-available:
-    uses: anchore/workflows/.github/workflows/check-version-available.yaml@4f25313f96311410cad4173f74617654a3e46d48 # v0.3.0
+    uses: anchore/workflows/.github/workflows/check-version-available.yaml@8b2b1caf40e03933c6807e03b99e883e2ceb5ac8 # v0.4.0
     permissions:
       contents: read # required for the reusable workflow to check out the repo and verify the version
     with:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
   check-gate:
     permissions:
       checks: read # required for getting the status of specific check names
-    uses: anchore/workflows/.github/workflows/check-gate.yaml@4f25313f96311410cad4173f74617654a3e46d48 # v0.3.0
+    uses: anchore/workflows/.github/workflows/check-gate.yaml@8b2b1caf40e03933c6807e03b99e883e2ceb5ac8 # v0.4.0
     with:
       # these are checks that should be run on pull-request and merges to main.
       # we do NOT want to kick off a release if these have not been verified on main.