diff --git a/.meta.toml b/.meta.toml
index cb844a9..5c9a95d 100644
--- a/.meta.toml
+++ b/.meta.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ testenv-additional = [
     "    coverage report -m --fail-under=100",
     "depends = py38,py39,py310,py311,py311-datetime,py312,py313,coverage",
     ]
-coverage-basepython = "python3.8"
 coverage-command = "pytest --cov=src --cov=tests --cov-report= {posargs}"
 coverage-setenv = [
     "COVERAGE_FILE=.coverage",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5cc78a4..9c60b53 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ commands =
     sphinx-build -b doctest -d docs/_build/doctrees docs docs/_build/doctest
 
 [testenv:coverage]
-basepython = python3.8
+basepython = python3
 allowlist_externals =
     mkdir
 deps =