diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dfb99df6e40..6eb57564ca9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup PHP
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
-          php-version: 7.4
+          php-version: 8.1
           extensions: mysql, mysqlnd, sqlite3, bcmath, gd, curl, zip, openssl, mbstring, xml
 
       - name: Checkout code