diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
index 5149598ec15..70e15155751 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 8
       # Stores external dependencies, can be further improved with Gradle 6.1
       - name: Cache Gradle Dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v2