diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
index 1a87d2ed4b880beb83e308708745924ff633ba5b..4a305d131604453e7fc9fdee7575ac44284ace97 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           currentValue: '16.x',
           datasource: 'github-releases',
           versioning: 'node',
+          extractVersion: '^(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)(-\\d+)?$',
           depType: 'uses-with',
         },
         {
@@ -672,6 +673,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           currentValue: '20.0.0',
           datasource: 'github-releases',
           versioning: 'node',
+          extractVersion: '^(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)(-\\d+)?$',
           depType: 'uses-with',
         },
         {
@@ -680,6 +682,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           currentValue: '1.23',
           datasource: 'github-releases',
           versioning: 'npm',
+          extractVersion: '^(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)(-\\d+)?$',
           depType: 'uses-with',
         },
         {
@@ -688,6 +691,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           currentValue: '>=3.8.0 <3.10.0',
           datasource: 'github-releases',
           versioning: 'npm',
+          extractVersion: '^(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)(-\\d+)?$',
           depType: 'uses-with',
         },
         {
@@ -696,6 +700,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           currentValue: 'latest',
           datasource: 'github-releases',
           versioning: 'node',
+          extractVersion: '^(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)(-\\d+)?$',
           depType: 'uses-with',
         },
       ]);
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
index ceb02cba4fec6fc56d93f2e9ea8cdec897fc8775..914a953307d26c7a19ce5444fd8f58bbcb3c3a15 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ function extractWithYAMLParser(
               depName: action,
               packageName: `actions/${action}-versions`,
               ...actionData,
+              extractVersion: '^(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)(-\\d+)?$', // Actions release tags are like 1.24.1-13667719799
               currentValue,
               depType: 'uses-with',
             });