diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
index 3a3138a677b1d6..f17fabd84056bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global core.autocrlf true
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up Python 2.7
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 2.7
+          python-version: 3.8
       - name: Environment Information
         run: npx envinfo
       - name: Download tarball
diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 0a8f24c694222e..9c8b868e6323d5 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ to run it again before invoking `make -j4`.
 
 ##### Option 1: Manual install
 
-* [Python 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+* [Python 3.8](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 * The "Desktop development with C++" workload from
   [Visual Studio 2017 or 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) or
   the "Visual C++ build tools" workload from the