diff --git a/.azurepipelines/Ubuntu-PatchCheck.yml b/.azurepipelines/Ubuntu-PatchCheck.yml
index 5e79474999..a397cf3f4d 100644
--- a/.azurepipelines/Ubuntu-PatchCheck.yml
+++ b/.azurepipelines/Ubuntu-PatchCheck.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ steps:
 
 - task: UsePythonVersion@0
   inputs:
-    versionSpec: '3.11'
+    versionSpec: '3.12'
     architecture: 'x64'
 
 - script: |
diff --git a/.azurepipelines/templates/defaults.yml b/.azurepipelines/templates/defaults.yml
index d50aa3e6d4..bc1cd058cc 100644
--- a/.azurepipelines/templates/defaults.yml
+++ b/.azurepipelines/templates/defaults.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 ##
 
 variables:
-  default_python_version: "3.11"
+  default_python_version: "3.12"
   default_linux_image: "ghcr.io/tianocore/containers/fedora-37-test:a0dd931"