diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index f632da2..fb05a5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           cache: "pip"
       - run: pip install -r release-requirements.txt && pip install wheel
       - run: flake8 --ignore=E501,E203,W503