diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml b/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml
index 02bb6470..e5679fe5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-news-item.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'pip'
           cache-dependency-path: 'pyproject.toml'
       - run: pip install PyGithub
diff --git a/news/CI-news-version.rst b/news/CI-news-version.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dea724f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/CI-news-version.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Python version from 3.9 to 3.12 in CI news item
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>