diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_to_pages.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_to_pages.yml
index 5c2c734..78b0dcf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs_to_pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs_to_pages.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: '3.7.12'
+        python-version: '3.7.17'
     - name: Install poetry
       uses: abatilo/actions-poetry@v2.0.0
     - name: Install docs building dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_on_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_on_release.yml
index 25002a1..9bcba3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_on_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_on_release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: '3.7.12'
+        python-version: '3.7.17'
     - name: Install poetry
       uses: abatilo/actions-poetry@v2.0.0
     - name: Install project dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6faf6da..fa0e488 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       id: setup-python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: '3.7.12'
+        python-version: '3.7.17'
     - name: Install Poetry
       uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
       with:
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         path: .venv
         key: venv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
+    - run: poetry install --no-interaction
     - name: Install dependencies
       if: steps.cached-poetry-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: poetry install -E regular --no-interaction --no-root
-    - run: poetry install --no-interaction
     - name: check style
       run: poetry run black . --check
     - name: run tests
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 12ea59a..2ac7956 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ regular = ["ibm-cos-sdk", "typing-extensions"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
-python-versions = "3.7.12"
+python-versions = "3.7.17"
 content-hash = "d808c057d4c19ed70cea001225a654f4820752bc669bd802b88a06309f827cab"
 
 [metadata.files]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a816f22..26e03e2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "3.7.12"
+python = "3.7.17"
 requests = "~2"
 tqdm = "~4"
 ipywidgets = "~7"
 ipython = "*"
 ibm-cos-sdk = {version = "~2", optional = true}
-typing-extensions = {version = "*", python = "^3.7.12", optional = true}
+typing-extensions = {version = "*", python = "^3.7.17", optional = true}
 # Sphinx documentation dependencies
 Sphinx = { version = "~4", optional = true }
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints = { version = "~1", optional = true }