diff --git a/.github/workflows/hot_cves.yml b/.github/workflows/hot_cves.yml
index 4b1756f97..cf9173d84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hot_cves.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hot_cves.yml
@@ -8,15 +8,14 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
-
+        python-version: '3.11'
+        cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
+    - run: pip install requests
+    
     - name: Change directory to docs and run CVE JSON generator script
       run: |
         cd /home/runner/work/cve/cve