diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5ed6c78c5..471e47714 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+            # this has effect, maybe we should pylint vs. all versions
+            python-version: '3.11' 
 
       - name: Pylint
         run: |