diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b5b7521b3f..671b74d118 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         id: python
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
 
       - name: Cache virtualenv
         uses: actions/cache@v3