diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_runner.yml
index 71885cb..e5757a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_runner.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     ## routine to gather only the changed notebook files and supply them to the matrix
     - name: changed-files
       id: get-changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42.0.5
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42.1.0
       with:
         separator: ","
         files: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_validation.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_validation.yml
index ca3bbbb..39f04a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_validation.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       
     - name: Gather changed notebooks
       id: changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42.0.5
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42.1.0
       with:
         files: |
           **/*.ipynb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook_pep8check.yml b/.github/workflows/notebook_pep8check.yml
index 1cc9ac0..a6fdfe5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebook_pep8check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebook_pep8check.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     ## routine to gather only the changed notebook files and supply them to the matrix
     - name: changed-files
       id: get-changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42.0.5
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42.1.0
       with:
         separator: ","
         files: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/script_pep8check.yml b/.github/workflows/script_pep8check.yml
index 0da480a..bf81f00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/script_pep8check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/script_pep8check.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     ## routine to gather only the changed python files and supply them to the matrix
     - name: changed-files
       id: get-changed-files
-      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42.0.5
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v42.1.0
       with:
         separator: ","
         files: |