diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 497ddb1d..9f45b47b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing to pypi
       id-token: write
     container:
-      image: "python:3.12"
+      image: "python:3.13"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4