diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/on_pull_request.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/on_pull_request.yaml
index 2f663282..d852745c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/on_pull_request.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/on_pull_request.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.11.0
+        # with:
+        #   python-version: 3.11.0
           # NB: there's no cache: pip here since we're not installing anything
           #     from the requirements.txt file(s) in the repository; it's faster
           #     not to have GHA download an (at the time of writing) 4 GB cache
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/run_tests.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/run_tests.yaml
index de6d279f..975d734f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/run_tests.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/run_tests.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python 3.10
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.10.6
+          # python-version: 3.10.6
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: |
             **/requirements*txt