diff --git a/setup b/setup
index 307497e8..e8562a91 100755
--- a/setup
+++ b/setup
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 npm ci --ignore-scripts
 
-python3 -m venv --clear venv
+python3.12 -m venv --clear venv
 source venv/bin/activate
 pip install --require-hashes --only-binary :all: -r requirements.txt