diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build_deploy.yml
index 78333b890c6..129d35c2782 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_deploy.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.7'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Build sdist
         run: |
           pip install "setuptools_scm[toml]>=4" "cython" "cmake>=3.24.2,<3.28" "setuptools-rust"