diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-and-put-in-backlog.yml b/.github/workflows/close-and-put-in-backlog.yml
index 1bc8a8bdf0e..26afa923d1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-and-put-in-backlog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-and-put-in-backlog.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               body: welcomeMessage
             })
-      - uses: peter-evans/close-issue@v2
+      - uses: peter-evans/close-issue@v3
       - uses: actions/add-to-project@v0.5.0
         with:
           project-url: https://github.com/orgs/plantuml/projects/4