diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f2ebe52..3975c90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Switch to using Python 3.10 by default
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.10
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Install tox
         run: python3 -m pip install --user "tox>=4.0.0"