diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 6fd5da175a0..d38b88acdce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 2
       - name: Run sccache-cache
         uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.3
+      - name: Select Python 3.9
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
       - name: Bootstrap Python
         run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip virtualenv
       - name: Bootstrap dependencies