diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index 2d827a276a..991e799a80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Verify
-    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v4
+    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v5
     with:
       jdk-matrix: '[ "8", "11", "17", "21" ]'
       ff-jdk: '21'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-automation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-automation.yml
index 530759572d..de4e3e006e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-automation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-automation.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ on:
 jobs:
   pr-automation:
     name: PR Automation
-    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/pr-automation.yml@v4
+    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/pr-automation.yml@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index fe305ddc0d..17d3b5d45c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
    update_release_draft:
-      uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml@v4
-      with:
-        initial-commits-since: '2026-02-18T06:18:00Z' # start date of commits which will be included in the release notes
+      uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 736bc7e684..5948a5d53a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   stale:
-    uses: 'apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/stale.yml@v4'
+    uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/stale.yml@v5