diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
index 4db45943..35fb895a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
@@ -29,11 +29,23 @@ jobs:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
           queries: +security-and-quality
 
-      - name: Set up Python
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.version }}
+        if: matrix.version != '2.7'
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.version }}
 
+      - name: Set up Python 2.7
+        if: matrix.version == '2.7'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            python2.7 python2.7-dev python2-pip-whl
+          sudo ln -sf python2.7 /usr/bin/python
+          export PYTHONPATH=`echo /usr/share/python-wheels/pip-*py2*.whl`
+          sudo --preserve-env=PYTHONPATH python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+          sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/lib/python2.7
+
       - name: Autobuild
         uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2