diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
index 082cd8708cf38c3e2f8d9864ac5935b3a8301b19..bcc3a24f0b61c3b4856a6a4c79af84e4302d5246 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-       python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+       python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -l {0}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           use-mamba: true
           channels: conda-forge