diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-lib-release.yml b/.github/workflows/python-lib-release.yml
index c0f88da..6af42e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-lib-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-lib-release.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ on:
         description: "Python versions to run 'build'"
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: 3.10
+        default: "3.10"
       package-release-version:
         description: "Version to release"
         required: false
@@ -454,4 +454,3 @@ jobs:
           echo "There was a failure in the workflow. release branch was deleted."
           exit 0
         shell: bash
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-lib-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/python-lib-snapshot.yml
index c702f72..098e75c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-lib-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-lib-snapshot.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ on:
         description: "Python versions to run 'build'"
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: 3.10
+        default: "3.10"
           #pypi-project-name:  # OPS-185, although this could be replaced by parsing the name from .pyproject.toml?
           #  description: 'The Pypi project to deploy to - should be the package name'
           #  required: true