diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-with-java.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-with-java.yml
index a40cbd89..9b7b94ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-with-java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-with-java.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.9"
           cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install pyvespa vespacli python-dateutil