diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test-windows.yml
index fa12cd40..df3223ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test-windows.yml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ansible-test coverage xml -v --requirements
 
       # See the reports at https://codecov.io/gh/lowlydba/lowlydba.sqlserver
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@0b35c9ecc4f0529d0eb674914510c22f85b196b4 # v7.1.0
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@303a32d7a59b442fa8d48b6a1cc6825c09c847a5 # v7.1.1
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
index db12207f..81956c9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./ansible_collections/${{env.NAMESPACE}}/${{env.COLLECTION_NAME}}
 
       # See the reports at https://codecov.io/gh/lowlydba/lowlydba.sqlserver
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@0b35c9ecc4f0529d0eb674914510c22f85b196b4 # v7.1.0
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@303a32d7a59b442fa8d48b6a1cc6825c09c847a5 # v7.1.1
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
         env:
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./ansible_collections/${{env.NAMESPACE}}/${{env.COLLECTION_NAME}}
 
       # See the reports at https://codecov.io/gh/lowlydba/lowlydba.sqlserver
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@0b35c9ecc4f0529d0eb674914510c22f85b196b4 # v7.1.0
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@303a32d7a59b442fa8d48b6a1cc6825c09c847a5 # v7.1.1
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
         env:
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/406-sp-whoisactive-test-download.yml b/changelogs/fragments/406-sp-whoisactive-test-download.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f82c58b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/406-sp-whoisactive-test-download.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+trivial:
+  - sp_whoisactive integration tests - download the script once with retries and install from ``local_file`` to avoid intermittent 403 rate-limit failures.
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/sp_whoisactive/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/sp_whoisactive/tasks/main.yml
index a10cc1b8..ea5f3cac 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/sp_whoisactive/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/sp_whoisactive/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,28 @@
 - name: Var block
   vars:
     target_database: "master"
+    whoisactive_local_file: "/tmp/sp_WhoIsActive.sql"
   module_defaults:
     lowlydba.sqlserver.sp_whoisactive:
       sql_instance: "{{ sqlserver_instance }}"
       sql_username: "{{ sqlserver_username }}"
       sql_password: "{{ sqlserver_password }}"
       database: "{{ target_database }}"
+      local_file: "{{ whoisactive_local_file }}"
   tags: ["sp_whoisactive"]
   block:
+    # Downloading once with retries avoids intermittent 403s (rate limiting) from the module's own download.
+    - name: Download sp_whoisactive script
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amachanic/sp_whoisactive/master/sp_WhoIsActive.sql
+        dest: "{{ whoisactive_local_file }}"
+        mode: "0644"
+        force: true
+      register: download
+      until: download is succeeded
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 10
+
     - name: Install sp_whoisactive
       lowlydba.sqlserver.sp_whoisactive:
       register: result