diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 833af3ef..a1922810 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           stale-issue-message: 'Message to comment on stale issues. If none provided, will not mark issues stale'
           stale-pr-message: 'Message to comment on stale PRs. If none provided, will not mark PRs stale'
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days.'
           days-before-stale: 30
@@ -526,9 +526,8 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days.'
           stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because it has been open 45 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 10 days.'
           close-issue-message: 'This issue was closed because it has been stalled for 5 days with no activity.'
@@ -549,9 +548,8 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open 30 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 5 days.'
           stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because it has been open 45 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 10 days.'
           close-issue-message: 'This issue was closed because it has been stalled for 5 days with no activity.'
@@ -574,7 +572,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           stale-issue-message: 'Stale issue message'
           stale-pr-message: 'Stale pull request message'
@@ -597,7 +595,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           start-date: '2020-18-04T00:00:00Z' # ISO 8601 or RFC 2822
 ```
@@ -614,7 +612,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           exempt-issue-milestones: 'future,alpha,beta'
           exempt-pr-milestones: 'bugfix,improvement'
@@ -632,7 +630,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           exempt-all-pr-milestones: true
 ```
@@ -649,7 +647,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           any-of-labels: 'needs-more-info,needs-demo'
           # You can opt for 'only-labels' instead if your use-case requires all labels
@@ -668,7 +666,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           exempt-issue-assignees: 'marco,polo'
           exempt-pr-assignees: 'marco'
@@ -686,7 +684,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+      - uses: actions/stale@v4
         with:
           exempt-all-pr-assignees: true
 ```