diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index daf9eef..769d25e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout source
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install build dependencies
         run: python -m pip install build wheel