diff --git a/.github/README.remotified.md b/.github/README.remotified.md
index 8c27741..1154756 100644
--- a/.github/README.remotified.md
+++ b/.github/README.remotified.md
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the
 
   - Requires `pyenv`, or an exact matching version of python as in
     [scripts/.python-version](https://github.com/realazthat/excalidraw-brute-export-cli/blob/v0.3.1/scripts/.python-version) (which is currently
-    `3.8.0 `).
+    `3.8.18 `).
   - `jq`, ([installation](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/)) required for
     [yq](https://github.com/kislyuk/yq), which is itself required for our
     [./README.md](https://github.com/realazthat/excalidraw-brute-export-cli/blob/v0.3.1/README.md) generation, which uses `tomlq` (from the
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 27c2188..5ced857 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8.0
+        python-version: 3.8.18
     - name: Get Dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 728c846..e0b2b24 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the
 
   - Requires `pyenv`, or an exact matching version of python as in
     [scripts/.python-version](scripts/.python-version) (which is currently
-    `3.8.0
+    `3.8.18
 `).
   - `jq`, ([installation](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/)) required for
     [yq](https://github.com/kislyuk/yq), which is itself required for our
diff --git a/scripts/.python-version b/scripts/.python-version
index 1981190..9ad6380 100644
--- a/scripts/.python-version
+++ b/scripts/.python-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.8.0
+3.8.18