diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 0f22c53e3..8885264cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [build-and-validate]
     steps:
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
       - name: Checkout devfile docs
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-schema.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-schema.yaml
index 27c500d88..fe3222c9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-schema.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-schema.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ jobs:
   release-json-schema:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
       - name: Checkout devfile/devfile-web
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with: