diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yaml b/.github/workflows/linting.yaml
index 4e9c69a121ef0b5ed7a94af4575a272ee98a5028..7e0b959620fa0d944f6aa0ad4c12af15961e889f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           # Semantic version range syntax or exact version of a Python version
-          python-version: '3.6'
+          python-version: '3.11'
           # Optional - x64 or x86 architecture, defaults to x64
           architecture: 'x64'
       - name: find trailing whitespace