diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7fa248a4..6443c475 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@e9aba2c848f5ebd159c070c61ea2c4e2b122355e # v2
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8.x'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Install boto3 for deploy_s3.python
         run: pip install boto3==1.14.63