diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index f997ea2f6..1cb96988b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@65d7f2d534ac1bc67fcd62888c5f4f3d2cb2b236 # v4.7.1
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7.16 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=python packageName=containerbase/python-prebuild
+          python-version-file: .python-version
 
       - name: Install chart-testing
         uses: helm/chart-testing-action@e6669bcd63d7cb57cb4380c33043eebe5d111992 # v2.6.1
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92536a9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.12.0