diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-erroranalysis.yml b/.github/workflows/release-erroranalysis.yml
index b27854a061..80604ddece 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-erroranalysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-erroranalysis.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: update and upgrade pip, setuptools, wheel, and twine
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-nlp-feature-extractors.yml b/.github/workflows/release-nlp-feature-extractors.yml
index 31d0a9c66b..64d638a787 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nlp-feature-extractors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nlp-feature-extractors.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: update and upgrade pip, setuptools, wheel, and twine
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-rai-test-utils.yml b/.github/workflows/release-rai-test-utils.yml
index 97e39243e5..976932c8af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-rai-test-utils.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-rai-test-utils.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: update and upgrade pip, setuptools, wheel, and twine
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-rai-text.yml b/.github/workflows/release-rai-text.yml
index 92abb52708..e69c129789 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-rai-text.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-rai-text.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install pytorch
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-rai-vision.yml b/.github/workflows/release-rai-vision.yml
index 68bdc72913..20cafee231 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-rai-vision.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-rai-vision.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install pytorch
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-rai.yml b/.github/workflows/release-rai.yml
index 43338c3f58..fbc7de79ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-rai.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-rai.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ env.node-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-raiutils.yml b/.github/workflows/release-raiutils.yml
index 64b038eecd..adb9db6b25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-raiutils.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-raiutils.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: update and upgrade pip, setuptools, wheel, and twine
         run: |