diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
index 7a3e7399..f4a0f880 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo with submodules
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: 'recursive'
           fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required for versioneer to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Install build dependencies
         run: |
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           ls -1 dist
           # twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ -u ${{ secrets.BOT_PYPI_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.BOT_PYPI_PASSWORD }} --skip-existing dist/*
           twine upload -u ${{ secrets.BOT_PYPI_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.BOT_PYPI_PASSWORD }} --skip-existing dist/*
-          
+
       - name: Publish wheel and source distributions as a GitHub release
         run: |
           python -m pip install "githubrelease>=1.5.9"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a734a7a..9eba411c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 * Adjusted gallery tests to not fail on deprecation warnings from pandas. @rly [#157](https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf-zarr/pull/157)
 * Fixed bug in `pyproject.toml` where duplicate versions of `numcodec` where specified. @oruebel [#163](https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf-zarr/pull/163)
 
+### Internal Fixes
+* Updated actions in `deploy_release.yml` workflow to avoid use of deprecated Node.js 16. @oruebel [#165](https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf-zarr/pull/165)
+
+
 ## 0.5.0 (December 8, 2023)
 
 ### Enhancements