diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e443cbe..2491ee2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79
-target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311']
+target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311', 'py312']
 
 
 [tool.ruff]
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ exclude = [
     "*_vendor*",
 ]
 
-target-version = "py39"
+target-version = "py38"
 fix = true
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 286320c..5cdc297 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
     Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Image Processing
 project_urls =
     Bug Tracker = https://github.com/haesleinhuepf/bia-bob/issues
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ install_requires =
     azure-ai-inference>=1.0.0b4
     mistralai>=1.0.0
 
-python_requires = >=3.9
+python_requires = >=3.8
 include_package_data = True
 package_dir =
     =src