diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-codeowners.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-codeowners.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 70f829e..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-codeowners.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-name: Validate Codeowners
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  validate-codeowners:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: "Checkout source code at current commit"
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: mszostok/codeowners-validator@v0.7.1
-      if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
-      name: "Full check of CODEOWNERS"
-      with:
-        # For now, remove "files" check to allow CODEOWNERS to specify non-existent
-        # files so we can use the same CODEOWNERS file for Terraform and non-Terraform repos
-        #   checks: "files,syntax,owners,duppatterns"
-        checks: "syntax,owners,duppatterns"
-        owner_checker_allow_unowned_patterns: "false"
-        # GitHub access token is required only if the `owners` check is enabled
-        github_access_token: "${{ secrets.PUBLIC_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
-    - uses: mszostok/codeowners-validator@v0.7.1
-      if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
-      name: "Syntax check of CODEOWNERS"
-      with:
-        checks: "syntax,duppatterns"
-        owner_checker_allow_unowned_patterns: "false"
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 8b177ac..74ef347 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ variable "skip_index_re" {
 
 variable "python_version" {
   type        = string
-  default     = "3.7"
+  default     = "3.12"
   description = "The Python version to use"
 }