diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_install-pkg.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_install-pkg.yml
index 1484b56d4ab..d0e75cf5aa4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_install-pkg.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_install-pkg.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Check package
         run: |
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, macOS-10.15 , windows-2019]
-        python-version: [3.7]
+        python-version: [3.8]
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-format.yml b/.github/workflows/code-format.yml
index 9df67372d77..deeb2461c33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-format.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           pip install flake8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index 7b4d9ebeda1..baf4264d57b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: 3.8
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: >-
diff --git a/requirements/audio_test.txt b/requirements/audio_test.txt
index 9c37ba7cf40..6e60916c38c 100644
--- a/requirements/audio_test.txt
+++ b/requirements/audio_test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pypesq
+pypesq>1.2
 mir_eval>=0.6
 speechmetrics @ https://github.com/aliutkus/speechmetrics/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
 fast-bss-eval>=0.1.0