diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate-docs.yaml
index 2a1b631b..818a154b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-docs.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           go-version: '1.16'
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: 3.8
       - uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip