diff --git a/.github/workflows/integrations.yml b/.github/workflows/integrations.yml
index 87bd013f99a..b1465fa8019 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integrations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integrations.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run integration build
         run: |
           ./tests/ci/integration/run_socat_integration.sh
-  python:
+  python-main:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Install OS Dependencies
@@ -101,7 +101,18 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Build AWS-LC, build python, run tests
         run: |
-          ./tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh
+          ./tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh main
+  python-releases:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install OS Dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install cmake gcc ninja-build golang make
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Build AWS-LC, build python, run tests
+        run: |
+          ./tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh 3.10 3.11 3.12
   bind9:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh b/tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh
index 7bdc3245df3..09bc9832518 100755
--- a/tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ function python_patch() {
     done
 }
 
+if [[ "$#" -eq "0" ]]; then
+    echo "No python branches provided for testing"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 mkdir -p ${SCRATCH_FOLDER}
 rm -rf ${SCRATCH_FOLDER}/*
 cd ${SCRATCH_FOLDER}
@@ -126,9 +131,8 @@ pushd ${PYTHON_SRC_FOLDER}
 which sysctl && ( sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0 || /bin/true )
 echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 || /bin/true
 
-# NOTE: cpython keeps a unique branch per version, add version branches here
 # NOTE: As we add more versions to support, we may want to parallelize here
-for branch in 3.10 3.11 3.12 main; do
+for branch in "$@"; do
     python_patch ${branch}
     python_build ${branch}
     python_run_tests ${branch}