diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 73b89758a..ed08f4b7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
           wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.17.1.1/pandoc-2.17.1.1-1-amd64.deb
           sudo dpkg -i pandoc-2.17.1.1-1-amd64.deb
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+            python-version-file: '.python-version'
       - name: Cache Python dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static.yml b/.github/workflows/static.yml
index c20628f55..3207b964e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+            python-version-file: '.python-version'
       - name: Cache Python dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         env: