diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_collection.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_collection.yml
index 5317ac3c..8fd2961e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_collection.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_collection.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ansible_collections/community/cassandra
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      - name: Set up Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install ansible-base (devel)
         uses: nick-invision/retry@v3