diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
index ef8d6827e..6696bb2e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_tests.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - run: |
           git fetch --depth=1 origin +${{github.base_ref}}
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Node cache
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7 (pyenv)  # pyenv needed for mlflow in cli annotate tests
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9 (pyenv) # pyenv needed for mlflow in cli annotate tests
         uses: gabrielfalcao/pyenv-action@v9
         with:
-          default: 3.7
-          command: pip install -U pip  # upgrade pip after installing python
-      - run: pip install virtualenv  # virtualenv needed for mlflow in cli annotate tests
+          default: 3.9
+          command: pip install -U pip # upgrade pip after installing python
+      - run: pip install virtualenv # virtualenv needed for mlflow in cli annotate tests
       - name: Python cache
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Python cache
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ jobs:
   #   timeout-minutes: 20
   #   steps:
   #     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-  #     - name: Set up Python 3.7
+  #     - name: Set up Python 3.9
   #       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
   #       with:
-  #         python-version: 3.7
+  #         python-version: 3.9
   #     - name: Python cache
   #       uses: actions/cache@v1
   #       with: