diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-cpp-sdk-on-release.yml b/.github/workflows/update-cpp-sdk-on-release.yml
index 49e6b0e1392..57e1e143ee3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-cpp-sdk-on-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-cpp-sdk-on-release.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@42375524e23c412d93fb67b49958b491fce71c38 # v5.4.0
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Check out firebase-cpp-sdk
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2