diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient.py
index 4755aea0bc2c..ac4118643109 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient.py
@@ -1262,8 +1262,10 @@ def _verify_interpreter_version_is_supported(pipeline_options):
     return
 
   raise Exception(
-      'Dataflow runner currently supports Python versions %s, got %s.\n'
+      'Dataflow runner currently supports Python versions %s, got %s.%s.\n'
       'To ignore this requirement and start a job '
       'using an unsupported version of Python interpreter, pass '
-      '--experiment use_unsupported_python_version pipeline option.' %
-      (_PYTHON_VERSIONS_SUPPORTED_BY_DATAFLOW, sys.version))
+      '--experiment use_unsupported_python_version pipeline option.' % (
+          _PYTHON_VERSIONS_SUPPORTED_BY_DATAFLOW,
+          sys.version_info[0],
+          sys.version_info[1]))
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient_test.py
index 12c51d305145..dc55a28cecf4 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient_test.py
@@ -1030,9 +1030,12 @@ def test_experiment_use_multiple_sdk_containers(self):
     self.assertNotIn(
         'use_multiple_sdk_containers', environment.proto.experiments)
 
+  # Note: We mock Python to 3.11 here. Keep this mocked version aligned with a
+  # version in _PYTHON_VERSIONS_SUPPORTED_BY_DATAFLOW to prevent test failures
+  # on release (non-dev) builds.
   @mock.patch(
       'apache_beam.runners.dataflow.internal.apiclient.sys.version_info',
-      (3, 9))
+      (3, 11))
   def test_get_python_sdk_name(self):
     pipeline_options = PipelineOptions([
         '--project',
@@ -1051,7 +1054,7 @@ def test_get_python_sdk_name(self):
                                         '1',
                                         FAKE_PIPELINE_URL)
     self.assertEqual(
-        'Apache Beam Python 3.9 SDK', environment._get_python_sdk_name())
+        'Apache Beam Python 3.11 SDK', environment._get_python_sdk_name())
 
   @mock.patch(
       'apache_beam.runners.dataflow.internal.apiclient.sys.version_info',