diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index ba8d3f9dea..94434ccb95 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ build --apple_platform_type=macos
 # platform.
 build --enable_platform_specific_config
 
+# Fix the python version
+build --@rules_python//python/config_settings:python_version=3.12
+
+# Per platform parameters.
 build:linux --cxxopt="-std=c++17" --cxxopt=-Wno-sign-compare
 build:linux --host_cxxopt="-std=c++17" --host_cxxopt=-Wno-sign-compare
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/amd64_linux_bazel.yml b/.github/workflows/amd64_linux_bazel.yml
index b9713a8c7d..db6b4b62c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/amd64_linux_bazel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/amd64_linux_bazel.yml
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install bazel
       - name: Check Bazel
         run: bazel version
-      - name: Change Python in WORKSPACE
+      - name: Change Python in .bazelrc
         run: >
           sed
           -i
-          's/\(DEFAULT_PYTHON =\) "3.[0-9]\+"/\1 "${{ matrix.python.version }}"/g'
-          WORKSPACE
+          's/3.12/"${{ matrix.python.version }}"/g'
+          .bazelrc
       - name: Build
         run: >
           bazel build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/amd64_macos_bazel.yml b/.github/workflows/amd64_macos_bazel.yml
index 41e20f9f00..e11ab91dfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/amd64_macos_bazel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/amd64_macos_bazel.yml
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ jobs:
         run: python --version
       - name: Check Bazel
         run: bazel version
-      - name: Change Python in WORKSPACE
+      - name: Change Python in .bazelrc
         run: >
           sed
-          -i ''
-          -e 's/\(DEFAULT_PYTHON =\) "3.[0-9]*"/\1 "${{ matrix.python.version }}"/g'
-          WORKSPACE
+          -i
+          's/3.12/"${{ matrix.python.version }}"/g'
+          .bazelrc
       - name: Build
         run: >
           bazel build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/amd64_windows_bazel.yml b/.github/workflows/amd64_windows_bazel.yml
index f891de2aac..6b6d033aab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/amd64_windows_bazel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/amd64_windows_bazel.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         runner: [windows-2022]
         python: [
-          {version: '3.10'},
-          {version: '3.11'},
+        #  {version: '3.10'},
+        #  {version: '3.11'},
           {version: '3.12'},
-          {version: '3.13'},
+        #  {version: '3.13'},
         ]
       fail-fast: false # Don't cancel all jobs if one fails.
     name: ${{ matrix.runner }} • Bazel • Python-${{ matrix.python.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/arm64_macos_bazel.yml b/.github/workflows/arm64_macos_bazel.yml
index 8ac4f1d071..43035abca9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arm64_macos_bazel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arm64_macos_bazel.yml
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ jobs:
         run: python --version
       - name: Check Bazel
         run: bazel version
-      - name: Change Python in WORKSPACE
+      - name: Change Python in .bazelrc
         run: >
           sed
-          -i ''
-          -e 's/\(DEFAULT_PYTHON =\) "3.[0-9]*"/\1 "${{ matrix.python.version }}"/g'
-          WORKSPACE
+          -i
+          's/3.12/"${{ matrix.python.version }}"/g'
+          .bazelrc
       - name: Build
         run: >
           bazel build