diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 0d98b66f..32c80098 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -64546,14 +64546,15 @@ function cacheDependencies(cache, pythonVersion) {
 }
 function resolveVersionInput() {
     let version = core.getInput('python-version');
-    const versionFile = core.getInput('python-version-file');
+    let versionFile = core.getInput('python-version-file');
     if (version && versionFile) {
         core.warning('Both python-version and python-version-file inputs are specified, only python-version will be used');
     }
     if (version) {
         return version;
     }
-    const versionFilePath = path.join(process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE, versionFile || '.python-version');
+    versionFile = versionFile || '.python-version';
+    const versionFilePath = path.join(process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE, versionFile);
     if (!fs_1.default.existsSync(versionFilePath)) {
         throw new Error(`The specified python version file at: ${versionFilePath} does not exist`);
     }
diff --git a/src/setup-python.ts b/src/setup-python.ts
index f5f8c919..8e658706 100644
--- a/src/setup-python.ts
+++ b/src/setup-python.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function cacheDependencies(cache: string, pythonVersion: string) {
 
 function resolveVersionInput(): string {
   let version = core.getInput('python-version');
-  const versionFile = core.getInput('python-version-file');
+  let versionFile = core.getInput('python-version-file');
 
   if (version && versionFile) {
     core.warning(
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ function resolveVersionInput(): string {
     return version;
   }
 
-  const versionFilePath = path.join(
-    process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE!,
-    versionFile || '.python-version'
-  );
+  versionFile = versionFile || '.python-version';
+  const versionFilePath = path.join(process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE!, versionFile);
   if (!fs.existsSync(versionFilePath)) {
     throw new Error(
       `The specified python version file at: ${versionFilePath} does not exist`