diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytests.yml b/.github/workflows/pytests.yml
index f65ab1cd..ea6205e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytests.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.9" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.10" ]
       max-parallel: 5
     env:
-      coverage-on-version: "3.9"
+      coverage-on-version: "3.10"
       use-mpi: True
       PIP_CONSTRAINT: pip_constraint.txt
     defaults: