diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index a2b58fa..74ea083 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 3.2.0
 
 * Support LXC container capabilities via `lxc:lxc://debian:bookworm:k8s` or  `lxc:lxc://debian:bookworm:docker lxc k8s`
+* Update ACT v1.16.0 to resolve a [race condition when bootstraping LXC templates](https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act/pulls/23)
 
 ## 3.1.0
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 68fc2a0..74f62b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/nektos/act => code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.15.0
+replace github.com/nektos/act => code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a493936..2520661 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.15.0 h1:CfnGCX+cQDVJ2ngNw2skru9L17WrutZayaVcvlUTrMo=
-code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.15.0/go.mod h1:YthlRq0FUQIzgfJ3ZWvCvVq3I3VsC9s2NYQ9b2Uxccs=
+code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.16.0 h1:PmyGkws5faSuBxisT01DC08FQd9Ia3b+0cqM8gDh6F8=
+code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.16.0/go.mod h1:YthlRq0FUQIzgfJ3ZWvCvVq3I3VsC9s2NYQ9b2Uxccs=
 code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.1 h1:PMyiQtBKb8dNnpEO2R5rcZdXSis+UQZVo/SciMtR1aU=
 code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.1/go.mod h1:00ys5QDo1iHN1tHNvvddAcy2W/g+425hQya1cCSvq9A=
 code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.3-0.20230113022436-2b1561217fa5 h1:daBEK2GQeqGikJESctP5Cu1i33z5ztAD4kyQWiw185M=