diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index 3773b97c7..5d4a4fe1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           mv /tmp/.buildx-cache-new /tmp/.buildx-cache
 
       - name: Upload debs as artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3 # Don't upgrade to v4; broken: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact#breaking-changes
         with:
           name: debs
           path: debs/*
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
           CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI: true
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_PASS_LINUX: CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3 # Don't upgrade to v4; broken: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact#breaking-changes
         with:
           name: Wheel
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build sdist
         run: python -m build --sdist
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3 # Don't upgrade to v4; broken: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact#breaking-changes
         with:
           name: Sdist
           path: dist/*.tar.gz
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download all workflow run artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3 # Don't upgrade to v4, it should match upload-artifact
       - name: Build a tarball for the debs
         run: tar -cvJf debs.tar.xz debs
       - name: Attach to release
diff --git a/changelog.d/16847.misc b/changelog.d/16847.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95650f01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/16847.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Downgrade the `download-artifact` and `upload-artifact` actions to v3 due to breaking changes.
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