diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index df7e4cbc84..fb3b3d8ac7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Deploy Zou to staging environment and update apidocs
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - main
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Update Zou on staging server
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.4
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.2.0
         with:
           host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
           username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index a4c8b26560..d87598c36f 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 We release Zou versions through Github Actions on Pypi. Every time a new version is ready, we
 follow this process:
 
-1. Rebase on the master branch.
+1. Rebase on the main branch.
 2. Up the version number located the `zou/__version__` file.
-3. Push changes to `master` branch.
+3. Push changes to `main` branch.
 4. Tag the commit and push the changes to Github.
 5. Github Actions will build the package from the sources and publish the package on Pypi
 
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index a3628def17..5231f8ece3 100644
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 set -e
-git pull --rebase origin master
+git pull --rebase origin main
 last_release_number=$(python -c "from zou import __version__; print(__version__)")
 release_number=$(echo ${last_release_number} | awk -F. -v OFS=. '{$NF += 1 ; print}')
 echo "__version__ = \"$release_number\"" > zou/__init__.py
 git commit zou/__init__.py -m $release_number
 git tag v$release_number
-git push origin master --tag
+git push origin main --tag