diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage_runner.yml
index 0e2017b852..0152ede02c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage_runner.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           override_pr: ${{ github.event.inputs.pr_number }}
           
       - name: Upload remote controller logs if test run fails
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: rc-logs-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_runner.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_runner.yml
index 051728a916..2768c8a5e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_runner.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           HZ_SNAPSHOT_INTERNAL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.HZ_SNAPSHOT_INTERNAL_PASSWORD }}
         run: python run_tests.py
       - name: Upload remote controller logs on test failure
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: rc-logs-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/hazelcast/vector.py b/hazelcast/vector.py
index 82382d71d2..de46fa7c6f 100644
--- a/hazelcast/vector.py
+++ b/hazelcast/vector.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class IndexConfig:
     name: str
     metric: Metric
     dimension: int
-    max_degree: int = 16
+    max_degree: int = 32
     ef_construction: int = 100
     use_deduplication: bool = True