diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-api-documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-api-documentation.yml
index 4df3f308e..79618c786 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-api-documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-api-documentation.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         ref: "gh-pages"
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.9
     - name: Merge changes from 3.0 branch
       run: |
         git config user.name github-actions