diff --git a/.github/workflows/translation_check.yml b/.github/workflows/translation_check.yml
index fdfa742f2b..214d0e3fb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translation_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translation_check.yml
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ jobs:
           ref: master
           path: master
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - name: Set up Python 3.12
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Checkout upstream master (in order to use the newest version of the script)
         uses: actions/checkout@v4