diff --git a/.github/workflows/pymarkdownlnt.yml b/.github/workflows/pymarkdownlnt.yml
index 90b1a86..58a9fa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pymarkdownlnt.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pymarkdownlnt.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9 #install the python needed
+          python-version: 3.12 #install the python needed
       - name: checkout repo content
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Install and run linter
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_python_requirements.yml b/.github/workflows/update_python_requirements.yml
index b5e17d3..e323ad4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_python_requirements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_python_requirements.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
       with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
     - name: Install Poetry
       if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}