diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
index a86e824..e7f121d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.10'
           cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
           cache-dependency-path: setup.py