diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_zips.yml b/.github/workflows/release_zips.yml
index a88dd90128..bc2bf7b5c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_zips.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_zips.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release_zips:
     name: Create release zip file
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Create a recursive clone source zip
-        uses: espressif/github-actions/release_zips@master
-        env:
-            RELEASE_PROJECT_NAME: ESP-IDF
-            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        uses: espressif/release-zips-action@v1
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          release_project_name: ESP-IDF
+          git_extra_args: --shallow-since="1 year ago"