diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-latest.yml
index 8cd9dcda..0dfa5a60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-latest.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      # gcloud commmand breaks on higher Python versions, so stick with 3.9:
       with:
-        python-version: "3.11"
+        python-version: "3.9"
     - uses: actions/cache@v3
       name: Configure pip caching
       with: