diff --git a/.github/workflows/java_build.yml b/.github/workflows/java_build.yml
index bec8ef654e..9cc0d1ce9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java_build.yml
@@ -21,31 +21,31 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up JDK
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
         distribution: 'temurin'
     - name: Cache Maven packages
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: |
           ~/.m2
         key: ${{ matrix.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}-1
     # can be further improved: https://medium.com/ai2-blog/python-caching-in-github-actions-e9452698e98d
     - name: Cache Python packages 
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: |
           ${{ matrix.pipcache }}
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}-pipcache
     - name: Cache Transformers models
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: |
           ~/.cache/huggingface
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-transformers-models
     - name: Cache OAEI files # The check if the download server works as expected is in java_coverage where this cache is not enabled
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: |
           ~/oaei_track_cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java_client_upload.yml b/.github/workflows/java_client_upload.yml
index c87dc27334..7444d896b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java_client_upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java_client_upload.yml
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ jobs:
   build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false # this is required for the javadoc deploy plugin
       - name: Set up JDK 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '8'
       - name: Cache Maven packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.m2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/java_coverage.yml
index 52435d4cd9..d7ab681ba0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java_coverage.yml
@@ -10,26 +10,26 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false # this is required for the javadoc deploy plugin
       - name: Set up JDK 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '8'
       - name: Print maven version
         run: mvn -version
       - name: Cache Maven packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.m2
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}-1
       - name: Cache Python packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}-1
       - name: Cache Transformers models
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/huggingface
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java_doclet.yml b/.github/workflows/java_doclet.yml
index 441de3fd4a..4022e0c80c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java_doclet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java_doclet.yml
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ jobs:
   build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false # this is required for the javadoc deploy plugin
       - name: Set up JDK 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '8'
       - name: Print maven version
         run: mvn -version
       - name: Cache Maven packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.m2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java_documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/java_documentation.yml
index 7293fd8788..ec045f9f73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java_documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java_documentation.yml
@@ -10,20 +10,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false # this is required for the javadoc deploy plugin
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
       - name: Print maven version
         run: mvn -version
       - name: Cache Maven packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.m2
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}-1
       - name: Cache Python packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/pip