diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b39f3ad05..4441b4dd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
+          python-version: "3.10"
           cache: 'pip'
+      - run: pip install -r ./meta/ee-requirements.txt
 
       - name: Get current version
         id: get_version