diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index b5b60f7b5b2c..9df61aa144aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           MODE: DEBUG
         name: Build wheels
         run: |
-          python -c "import venv;venv.create(venv_dir, with_pip=True, clear=True, symlinks=True)"
+          python3.9 -c "import venv;venv.create(venv_dir, with_pip=True, clear=True, symlinks=True)"
           .venv/bin/pip install wheel setuptools<58
           .venv/bin/pip wheel --wheel_dir="dist/deploy/wheels/3rdparty/869d82edb4e304db87757b153b8221460eedfd78/2.6.1+git869d82ed" psutil==5.8.0 PyYAML<5.5,>=5.4
       - name: Deploy wheels to S3