diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index 30847642cd..749999c969 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
         private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-    - name: Set up Python 2.7.18
-      uses: MatteoH2O1999/setup-python@v1
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 2.7.18
+        python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Set up Java 11
       uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3c0c6baf43..7987db007d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
         private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-    - name: Set up Python 2.7.18
-      uses: MatteoH2O1999/setup-python@v1
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 2.7.18
+        python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Set up Java 11
       uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
diff --git a/CI/ghApiClient.py b/CI/ghApiClient.py
index 09209073df..173574959d 100755
--- a/CI/ghApiClient.py
+++ b/CI/ghApiClient.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import os
 import time
-import urllib2
-import httplib
+import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse
+import http.client
 import json
 
 GH_BASE_URL = "https://api.github.com/"
@@ -13,46 +13,47 @@
 
 def readUrl(name):
     try:
-        request = urllib2.Request(GH_BASE_URL + name)
+        request = urllib.request.Request(GH_BASE_URL + name)
         request.add_header("Authorization", GH_AUTH)
-        content = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+        content = urllib.request.urlopen(request).read()
         jcont = json.loads(content)
-        return jcont;
-    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
-        print ('HTTPError = ' + str(e.code))
+        return jcont
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        print(('HTTPError = ' + str(e.code)))
         raise e
-    except urllib2.URLError as e:
-        print ('URLError = ' + str(e.reason))
+    except urllib.error.URLError as e:
+        print(('URLError = ' + str(e.reason)))
         raise e
-    except httplib.HTTPException as e:
-        print ('HTTPException = ' + str(e))
+    except http.client.HTTPException as e:
+        print(('HTTPException = ' + str(e)))
         raise e
     except Exception:
         import traceback
-        print ('generic exception: ' + traceback.format_exc())
+        print(('generic exception: ' + traceback.format_exc()))
         raise IOError
 
 def postUrl(name, body):
     global GH_BASE_URL
     try:
         time.sleep(0.05)
-        request = urllib2.Request(GH_BASE_URL + name)
+        request = urllib.request.Request(GH_BASE_URL + name)
         request.add_header("Authorization", GH_AUTH)
         request.add_header("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json")
-        content = urllib2.urlopen(request, body).read()
+        content = urllib.request.urlopen(request, body).read()
         jcont = json.loads(content)
-        return jcont;
-    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
-        print ('HTTPError = ' + str(e.code))
-        print (str(e))
+        return jcont
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        print(('HTTPError = ' + str(e.code)))
+        print((str(e)))
         raise e
-    except urllib2.URLError as e:
-        print ('URLError = ' + str(e.reason))
+    except urllib.error.URLError as e:
+        print(('URLError = ' + str(e.reason)))
         raise e
-    except httplib.HTTPException as e:
-        print ('HTTPException = ' + str(e))
+    except http.client.HTTPException as e:
+        print(('HTTPException = ' + str(e)))
         raise e
     except Exception:
         import traceback
-        print ('generic exception: ' + traceback.format_exc())
+        print(('generic exception: ' + traceback.format_exc()))
         raise IOError
+
diff --git a/CI/releaseNotes.py b/CI/releaseNotes.py
index d1022048b4..bf617239e6 100755
--- a/CI/releaseNotes.py
+++ b/CI/releaseNotes.py
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ def allPulls(releaseDate):
     baseurl = "https://api.github.com/repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/pulls/"
     content = ghApiClient.readUrl('repos/swagger-api/swagger-core/pulls?state=closed&base=master&per_page=100')
     for l in content:
-      stripped = l["url"][len(baseurl):]
-      mergedAt = l["merged_at"]
-      if mergedAt is not None:
-          if datetime.strptime(mergedAt, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') > releaseDate:
-              if not l['title'].startswith("bump snap"):
-                result += '\n'
-                result += "* " + l['title'] + " (#" + stripped + ")"
+        stripped = l["url"][len(baseurl):]
+        mergedAt = l["merged_at"]
+        if mergedAt is not None:
+            if datetime.strptime(mergedAt, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') > releaseDate:
+                if not l['title'].startswith("bump snap"):
+                    result += '\n'
+                    result += "* " + l['title'] + " (#" + stripped + ")"
     return result
 
 
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ def main(last_release, release_title, tag):
 
 # here start main
 main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])
+