diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 85a1bea..bf0b384 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.10
 
       - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl