diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e52f2e48..ecbfe4cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.13"
           cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
       - name: Set up Python environment (cython)
         env: