diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 38254b834a5f616dbbd736d00e86f3aadbdd31e4..81bd64beb3e51930337d6467b7469e5da3323f28 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (NOT DISABLE_OPENFLIPPER_PYTHON_SYSTEM)
   if (NOT Python3_FOUND)
-      find_package(Python3 3.13 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+      find_package(Python3 3.12 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
   endif()
   if (NOT TARGET pybind11::module OR NOT TARGET pybind11::embed)
       include(FetchContent)
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.py b/tests/run_tests.py
index fccc7d770e36f2a1772cf8eba017a64e83d39078..e68b311a2512503c00d4db3f86729e5cbfe70af5 100644
--- a/tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tests/run_tests.py
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ elif sys.platform == "win32":
     cmake_parameters = [cmake_executable, gtest_prefix , "-G", cmake_generator ,"-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug","-DOPENFLIPPER_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE"]
 
     cmake_parameters.append("--debug-output")
-    cmake_parameters.append("-DPython3_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files\Python313\include")
-    cmake_parameters.append("-DPython3_LIBRARY=C:\Program Files\Python313\libs\python313.lib")
-    cmake_parameters.append("-DPython3_EXECUTABLE=C:\Program Files\Python313\python.exe")
+    cmake_parameters.append("-DPython3_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files\Python312\include")
+    cmake_parameters.append("-DPython3_LIBRARY=C:\Program Files\Python312\libs\python312.lib")
+    cmake_parameters.append("-DPython3_EXECUTABLE=C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe")
 
     cmake_parameters.extend(cmake_configuration_list)
     cmake_parameters.append("..")