diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yaml b/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
index b038f522b..a7c245295 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@1160a2240286f5da8ec72b1c0816ce2481aabf84 # v8.0.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
         with:
           stale-issue-message: "This is stale, but we won't close it automatically, just bare in mind the maintainers may be busy with other tasks and will reach your issue ASAP. If you have any question or request to prioritize this, please reach `#ingress-nginx-dev` on Kubernetes Slack."
           stale-pr-message: "This is stale, but we won't close it automatically, just bare in mind the maintainers may be busy with other tasks and will reach your issue ASAP. If you have any question or request to prioritize this, please reach `#ingress-nginx-dev` on Kubernetes Slack."