diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3).cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3).cmake
index 6734b0bb6..2900ddf9e 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3).cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3).cmake
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
     set(program_name python)
-    set(program_version 3.11.4)
+    set(program_version 3.8.10)
     if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
         set(tool_subdirectory "python-${program_version}-x86")
         set(download_urls "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${program_version}/python-${program_version}-embed-win32.zip")
         set(download_filename "python-${program_version}-embed-win32.zip")
-        set(download_sha512 4cdbb2efdc7764a87edfb7370716c1caf660d38bce37a280ec59b7aecab5672c5798aabe19a8ae395224bea7dfe644bd92656f0bbc44348717981b45a909c024)
+        set(download_sha512 a6f0c35ba37c07c6e8815fb43c20095541117f3b6cc034b8ef0acfc908de8951bdffa38706bac802f820290b39ae84f934f27a8e32f548735f470277f7a70550)
     else()
         set(tool_subdirectory "python-${program_version}-x64")
         set(download_urls "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${program_version}/python-${program_version}-embed-amd64.zip")
         set(download_filename "python-${program_version}-embed-amd64.zip")
-        set(download_sha512 3f93c2a16764b9ea6343315b70c0c6319aac8edaefbf4e21206fb30eff365e8fe37264a9133bebe12e664ea5d8fd232d587a5603a51fd96e1252a2fc01a2e550)
+        set(download_sha512 86e55911be78205a61f886feff2195c78a6f158a760cc1697ce4340dcb5ca118360251de2f707b6d2a78b7469d92c87b045b7326d6f194bfa92e665af1cd55a5)
     endif()
 
     set(paths_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/python/${tool_subdirectory}")
-    vcpkg_list(SET post_install_command "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E rm python311._pth)
+    vcpkg_list(SET post_install_command "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E rm python38._pth)
 else()
     set(program_name python3)
     set(brew_package_name "python")