diff --git a/playbooks/roles/codejail/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/codejail/defaults/main.yml
index 8c7f2c53700..b2e859955a0 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/codejail/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/codejail/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 codejail_debian_packages:
   - apparmor-utils
 CODEJAIL_PYTHON_VERSIONS:
-  - python3.11
+  - python3.8
 codejail_sandbox_user: 'sandbox'
 codejail_sandbox_group: 'sandbox'
 codejail_sandbox_name_base: 'codejail_sandbox'
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
index 54b68cb118e..666132d4be3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ base_requirements_file:   "{{ edxapp_code_dir }}/requirements/edx/base.txt"
 django_requirements_file:   "{{ edxapp_code_dir }}/requirements/edx/django.txt"
 openstack_requirements_file: "{{ edxapp_code_dir }}/requirements/edx/openstack.txt"
 
-sandbox_base_requirements:  "{{ edxapp_code_dir }}/requirements/edx-sandbox/py311.txt"
+sandbox_base_requirements:  "{{ edxapp_code_dir }}/requirements/edx-sandbox/py38.txt"
 
 # The Python requirements files in the order they should be installed.  This order should
 # match the order of PYTHON_REQ_FILES in edx-platform/pavelib/prereqs.py.