diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 4a99cfc..6c03c51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,18 @@ jobs:
         sqla-version: ['<1.4', '<1.5', '<2.1']
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - name: Acquire sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+          architecture: x64
+          cache: 'pip'
+          cache-dependency-path:
+            pyproject.toml
+
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
         with: