diff --git a/.github/workflows/samples-python-server.yaml b/.github/workflows/samples-python-server.yaml
index 92cd4e5b6b33..04181b40a11b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/samples-python-server.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/samples-python-server.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Test
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.sample }}
         run: make test-all
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout/.openapi-generator-ignore b/samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout/.openapi-generator-ignore
index 7484ee590a38..c5b04829c20a 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout/.openapi-generator-ignore
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout/.openapi-generator-ignore
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@
 #docs/*.md
 # Then explicitly reverse the ignore rule for a single file:
 #!docs/README.md
+#
+#
+#
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout/dev-requirements.txt b/samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout/dev-requirements.txt
index ccdfca629494..735bb85c596f 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/python-aiohttp-srclayout/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 tox
 flake8
+pytest-aiohttp