diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
index 88e6a984c..206fb00b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         numpy: [2.1.1, 1.24.2]
-        python: [3.12.6, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
+        python: [3.11.10, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-latest
           activate_command: source venv/bin/activate
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         numpy: [2.1.1, 1.24.2]
-        python: [3.12.6, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
+        python: [3.11.10, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-latest
           activate_command: source venv/bin/activate
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         numpy: [1.24.2]
-        python: [3.12.6, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
+        python: [3.11.10, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_lint.yaml
     with:
         os: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yaml b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
index 29d4b3c3c..050632ea2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         numpy: [2.1.1, 1.24.2]
-        python: [3.12.6, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
+        python: [3.11.10, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-latest
           activate_command: source venv/bin/activate
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         numpy: [2.1.1, 1.24.2]
-        python: [3.12.6, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
+        python: [3.11.10, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-latest
           activate_command: source venv/bin/activate
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         numpy: [1.24.2]
-        python: [3.12.6, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
+        python: [3.11.10, 3.9.13] # Patch version must be specified to avoid any cache confusion, since the cache key depends on the full Python version. If left unspecified, different patch versions could be allocated between jobs,  and any such difference would lead to a cache not found error.
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_lint.yaml
     with:
         os: ubuntu-latest