diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 759ea3b6..d0894052 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
             --cov-report=html --cov-report term
 
       - name: "Upload coverage to Codecov"
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required
           name: ${{ matrix.mapdl-version }}-remote.xml
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/444.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/444.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da351877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/444.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+maint: bump codecov/codecov-action from 4 to 5 in the actions group
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