diff --git a/playbooks/roles/analytics_api/meta/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/analytics_api/meta/main.yml
index 9133a082491..4c56e2e7d2b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/analytics_api/meta/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/analytics_api/meta/main.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 dependencies:
   - role: edx_django_service
-    edx_django_service_use_python311: true
+    edx_django_service_use_python38: true
     edx_django_service_repos: '{{ ANALYTICS_API_REPOS }}'
     edx_django_service_name: '{{ analytics_api_service_name }}'
     edx_django_service_user: '{{ analytics_api_user }}'
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/codejail/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/codejail/defaults/main.yml
index b2e859955a0..8c7f2c53700 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:
-  - python3.8
+  - python3.11
 codejail_sandbox_user: 'sandbox'
 codejail_sandbox_group: 'sandbox'
 codejail_sandbox_name_base: 'codejail_sandbox'