updated publishing workflow to current Python version

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: '3.6'
+        python-version: '3.12'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip