diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
index d95dabe5b..a55ab50a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.7'
+          python-version: '3.8'
           cache: 'pip'
       - run: python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
       - name: Run unit tests
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
+          python-version: '3.8'
           cache: 'pip'
       - run: python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
       - name: Run unit tests