diff --git a/.github/workflows/sast.yml b/.github/workflows/sast.yml
index f44c1e4..86f2cfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sast.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sast.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           output: reports
           type: python, depscan
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: reports
           path: reports
diff --git a/tests/test_gitlab.py b/tests/test_gitlab.py
index 2bba2e1..fbc8019 100644
--- a/tests/test_gitlab.py
+++ b/tests/test_gitlab.py
@@ -46,6 +46,41 @@ def test_download_files_from_project(gitlab_instance, mocker):
     repo_blob_mock.assert_has_calls([mocker.call("file_id_1"), mocker.call("file_id_2")])
 
 
+def test_download_files_from_project_with_include_only_files(gitlab_instance, mocker):
+    gitlab, gitlab_mock = gitlab_instance
+
+    repo_tree_mock = mocker.patch.object(
+        gitlab_mock.projects.get(1),
+        "repository_tree",
+        return_value=[
+            {"id": "file_id_1", "name": "hoodi-file.txt", "type": "blob"},
+            {"id": "file_id_2", "name": "holesky-file.txt", "type": "blob"},
+            {"id": "file_id_3", "name": "not-hoodi.txt", "type": "blob"},
+        ],
+    )
+
+    repo_blob_mock = mocker.patch.object(
+        gitlab_mock.projects.get(1),
+        "repository_blob",
+        side_effect=[
+            {"content": base64.b64encode(b"file1 content").decode("utf-8")},
+            {"content": base64.b64encode(b"file2 content").decode("utf-8")},
+        ],
+    )
+
+    downloaded_files = gitlab.download_files_from_project(
+        project_id=1, dir_path="test_dir", branch="main", include_only_files=["^hoodi", "^holesky"]
+    )
+
+    expected_paths = [
+        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "tmp", "public_keys", "hoodi-file.txt"),
+        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "tmp", "public_keys", "holesky-file.txt"),
+    ]
+    assert downloaded_files == expected_paths
+    repo_tree_mock.assert_called_once_with(ref="main", path="test_dir", get_all=True)
+    repo_blob_mock.assert_has_calls([mocker.call("file_id_1"), mocker.call("file_id_2")])
+
+
 def test_prepare_temp_directory(gitlab_instance, mocker):
     gitlab, gitlab_mock = gitlab_instance
 
diff --git a/web3_utils/gitlab.py b/web3_utils/gitlab.py
index b5dc6cd..8c76642 100644
--- a/web3_utils/gitlab.py
+++ b/web3_utils/gitlab.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import base64
+import re
 import shutil
 from os import path, makedirs, getcwd
 from gitlab import Gitlab
+from typing import Optional
 
 
 class GitLab:
@@ -9,12 +11,16 @@ def __init__(self, url: str, token: str, tmp_dir: str = path.join(getcwd(), "tmp
         self.client = Gitlab(private_token=token, url=url)
         self.tmp_dir = tmp_dir
 
-    def download_files_from_project(self, project_id: int, dir_path: str, branch: str = "master"):
+    def download_files_from_project(
+        self, project_id: int, dir_path: str, branch: str = "master", include_only_files: Optional[list[str]] = None
+    ):
         # ensures that access token doesn't expire
         self.client.auth()
 
         project = self.client.projects.get(project_id)
         items = project.repository_tree(ref=branch, path=dir_path, get_all=True)
+        if include_only_files:
+            items = [item for item in items if any(re.match(pattern, item["name"]) for pattern in include_only_files)]
 
         self._prepare_temp_directory()