diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/CI-unittests.yml
index c06b330a59..da666e56fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI-unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-unittests.yml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
             --cov=simtools --cov-report=xml --retries 2 --retry-delay 5
 
       # CTAO-DPPS-SonarQube
-      - uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@v6.0.0
+      - uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@v7.0.0
         if: contains(matrix.extra-args, 'sonarqube')
         env:
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}