diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index b96470eb..999753dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8]
+        python-version: [3.11]
     name: "lint | Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -45,26 +45,26 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           # fastest jobs first
-          - python-version: 3.8
+          - python-version: 3.11
             name: without JIT
             disable_jit: 1
-          - python-version: 3.8
+          - python-version: 3.11
             name: doctests
             mode: doctests
           # really slow job next, so it runs in parallel with the others
-          - python-version: 3.8
+          - python-version: 3.11
             name: slow tests
             mode: very_slow
           - python-version: 3.7
             name: default
-          - python-version: 3.8
+          - python-version: 3.11
             name: default
-          - python-version: 3.9
+          - python-version: 3.12
             name: default
-          - python-version: 3.8
+          - python-version: 3.11
             name: conda
             conda: true
-          - python-version: 3.8
+          - python-version: 3.11
             name: benchmarks
             mode: bench