diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc_check_on_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/doc_check_on_pr.yml
index 3e988d1a7..04e4ce0f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc_check_on_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc_check_on_pr.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8.14"
+          python-version: "3.9.0"
 
       - run: python .github/workflows/scripts/check_doc_i18n.py -d docs/source
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8.14"
+          python-version: "3.9.0"
 
       # we use the versions in the main branch as the guide for versions to display
       # checkout will give your merged branch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft_github_release_post_after_merge.yml b/.github/workflows/draft_github_release_post_after_merge.yml
index fcdb51373..e39360378 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft_github_release_post_after_merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft_github_release_post_after_merge.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8.14'
+          python-version: '3.9.0'
       - name: generate draft
         id: generate_draft
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_docker_after_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release_docker_after_publish.yml
index 163cd825c..a6cc57eeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_docker_after_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_docker_after_publish.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8.14"
+          python-version: "3.9.0"
 
       - name: Install requests
         run: pip install requests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_nightly_on_schedule.yml b/.github/workflows/release_nightly_on_schedule.yml
index 30ffa22f6..ce9a54be1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_nightly_on_schedule.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_nightly_on_schedule.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.8.14'
+        python-version: '3.9.0'
 
     - run: |
         python .github/workflows/scripts/update_setup_for_nightly.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8.14'
+          python-version: '3.9.0'
 
       - name: Install requests
         run: pip install requests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_pypi_after_merge.yml b/.github/workflows/release_pypi_after_merge.yml
index ec0372341..aef3f2355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_pypi_after_merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_pypi_after_merge.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.8.14'
+        python-version: '3.9.0'
 
     - run: python setup.py sdist build
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8.14'
+          python-version: '3.9.0'
 
       - name: Install requests
         run: pip install requests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/report_leaderboard_to_lark.yml b/.github/workflows/report_leaderboard_to_lark.yml
index fbd077bd0..3a8920a7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/report_leaderboard_to_lark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/report_leaderboard_to_lark.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.8.14'
+        python-version: '3.9.0'
 
     - run: pip install requests matplotlib seaborn requests_toolbelt pytz