diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index af305c0d67..48f532299a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   RUSTUP_MAX_RETRIES: 10
   PACKAGE_NAME: ruff
-  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7" # to build abi3 wheels
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11" # to build abi3 wheels
 
 jobs:
   cargo-fmt:
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         name: Download Ruff binary
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
       - name: "Install Rust toolchain"
         run: rustup show
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/flake8-to-ruff.yaml b/.github/workflows/flake8-to-ruff.yaml
index 68582b1472..44e41b7d29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flake8-to-ruff.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flake8-to-ruff.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: flake8-to-ruff
   CRATE_NAME: flake8_to_ruff
-  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7" # to build abi3 wheels
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
   CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
   CARGO_NET_RETRY: 10
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index dfd6fbbd47..3dd0b1cf20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: ruff
-  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7" # to build abi3 wheels
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
   CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
   CARGO_NET_RETRY: 10
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always