diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f454f3f2c1..dbffd65a5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: NKG Docker meta
         id: nkg-meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@818d4b7b91585d195f67373fd9cb0332e31a7175 # v4.6.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@96383f45573cb7f253c731d3b3ab81c87ef81934 # v5.0.0
         with:
           images: |
             name=ghcr.io/nginxinc/nginx-kubernetes-gateway
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: NGINX Docker meta
         id: nginx-meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@818d4b7b91585d195f67373fd9cb0332e31a7175 # v4.6.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@96383f45573cb7f253c731d3b3ab81c87ef81934 # v5.0.0
         with:
           images: |
             name=ghcr.io/nginxinc/nginx-kubernetes-gateway/nginx
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Docker meta
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@818d4b7b91585d195f67373fd9cb0332e31a7175 # v4.6.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@96383f45573cb7f253c731d3b3ab81c87ef81934 # v5.0.0
         with:
           images: |
             name=ghcr.io/nginxinc/nginx-kubernetes-gateway${{ matrix.container == 'nginx' && '/nginx' || '' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
index ee9b9bee65..c90cd7c0ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: NKG Docker meta
         id: nkg-meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@818d4b7b91585d195f67373fd9cb0332e31a7175 # v4.6.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@96383f45573cb7f253c731d3b3ab81c87ef81934 # v5.0.0
         with:
           images: |
             name=ghcr.io/nginxinc/nginx-kubernetes-gateway
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: NGINX Docker meta
         id: nginx-meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@818d4b7b91585d195f67373fd9cb0332e31a7175 # v4.6.0
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@96383f45573cb7f253c731d3b3ab81c87ef81934 # v5.0.0
         with:
           images: |
             name=ghcr.io/nginxinc/nginx-kubernetes-gateway/nginx