diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index b7269e82..969f5b60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
       # SHA-pinned like every action in release.yml. `@v7` is a tag the
       # upstream owner can move at any time, and this job hands whatever it
       # resolves to a `contents: write` token on main.
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@34d80673e067bdc0c24568d3af899c216adcfaa9 # v7.7.0
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@72967cdc98ddd3160f1fc3dff619de365e137dd0 # v7.9.0
         with:
           # Empty falls back to release-drafter's own resolution, which is
           # the right behaviour for a repo with no tags yet.