diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
index 65769ef33..25ae3093f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install build dependencies
         run: python -m pip install cibuildwheel
       - name: Build wheels
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install build dependencies
         run: python -m pip install -U setuptools wheel
       - name: Build wheels
@@ -87,6 +91,8 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Build source distribution
         run: python setup.py sdist
       - name: Store the source distribution
diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index 18281982a..0091cbe67 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Changelog
 202x-xx-xx • `full history <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/compare/v2.2.0...HEAD>`__
 
 - Enable ``mypy`` to discover type hints as specified in PEP 561 (`#933 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/933>`__)
+- [ci] Set the expected Python version when building release files
 - [ci] Update actions versions in use
 - [watchmedo] [regression] Fix usage of missing ``signal.SIGHUP`` attribute on non-Unix OSes (`#935 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/935>`__)
 - Thanks to our beloved contributors: @BoboTiG, @simon04, @piotrpdev