diff --git a/api_compatibility_tests/compatibility-requirements/3.1.2 b/api_compatibility_tests/compatibility-requirements/3.1.2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52d2648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api_compatibility_tests/compatibility-requirements/3.1.2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aws-encryption-sdk-cli==2.2.2
diff --git a/codebuild/release/validate-api-compatibility.yml b/codebuild/release/validate-api-compatibility.yml
index 3e7cc17..8ce4da9 100644
--- a/codebuild/release/validate-api-compatibility.yml
+++ b/codebuild/release/validate-api-compatibility.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ env:
 phases:
   install:
     commands:
-      - pip install tox
+      - pyenv install 3.8.12 
     runtime-versions:
       python: latest
   pre_build:
     commands:
       - cd api_compatibility_tests
+      - pyenv local 3.8.12
+      - pip install tox
   build:
     commands:
       - NUM_RETRIES=3
diff --git a/codebuild/release/validate-examples.yml b/codebuild/release/validate-examples.yml
index 3632330..88f1cbd 100644
--- a/codebuild/release/validate-examples.yml
+++ b/codebuild/release/validate-examples.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ env:
 phases:
   install:
     commands:
-      - pip install tox
+      - pyenv install 3.8.12
     runtime-versions:
       python: latest
   pre_build:
     commands:
       - cd examples
+      - pyenv local 3.8.12
+      - pip install tox
       - sed -i "s/aws-encryption-sdk-cli/aws-encryption-sdk-cli==$VERSION/" test/requirements.txt
   build:
     commands:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ac37525..f1c9227 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -323,11 +323,9 @@ commands = python setup.py park
 basepython = python3
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-    {[testenv:docs]deps}
     wheel
     setuptools
 commands =
-    {[testenv:docs]commands}
     python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
 [testenv:release-base]