diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 8c4f79a9..7ee6f9bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --prune --unshallow
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v3.0.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v3.1.2
         env:
-          CIBW_SKIP: "cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* pp* *i686 *-musllinux*"
+          CIBW_SKIP: "cp39-* cp310-* *i686 *-musllinux*"
+          CIBW_ENABLE: cpython-freethreading
           CIBW_ARCHS: "${{ matrix.cibw_archs }}"
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "python -c \"import pyresample; assert 'unknown' not in pyresample.__version__, 'incorrect version found'\""
           CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "*-win_arm64"