diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_components_template.yml b/.github/workflows/update_components_template.yml
index e331ae0226..8617c8b650 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_components_template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_components_template.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4218425e5d..b05f284ebb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 - update ruff to 0.2.0 and add it to pre-commit step ([#2725](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2725))
 - Update codecov/codecov-action digest to e0b68c6 ([#2728](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2728))
 - Update pre-commit hook astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit to v0.2.1 ([#2730](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2730))
+- Update actions/setup-python action to v5 ([#2739](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2739))
 
 ## [v2.12.1 - Aluminium Wolf - Patch](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/2.12.1) - [2024-02-01]