diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 10bba717..ff07876e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6c3d7a38..e64f7771 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM debian:11
+FROM debian:12
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev \
 libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev \
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ ENV PYENV_ROOT $HOME/.pyenv
 ENV PATH $PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH
 
 # setup python
-RUN for a in 3.7.16 3.8.16 3.9.16 3.10.9 3.11.1 ; do pyenv install $a ; done
-RUN pyenv global 3.11.1 && pip install tox
+RUN for a in 3.8.16 3.9.16 3.10.9 3.11.4 3.12.5 ; do pyenv install $a ; done
+RUN pyenv global 3.11.4 && pip install tox
 
 # run-tox script
 RUN echo '#!/bin/bash' > $HOME/run-tox ;\
     echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> $HOME/run-tox ;\
-    echo 'pyenv shell 3.11.1 3.10.9 3.9.16 3.8.16 3.7.16' >> $HOME/run-tox ;\
+    echo 'pyenv shell 3.12.5 3.11.4 3.10.9 3.9.16 3.8.16' >> $HOME/run-tox ;\
     echo 'exec tox --workdir $HOME -vv "$@"' >> $HOME/run-tox ;\
     chmod 755 $HOME/run-tox
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09edd298..5a09331a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ will be very helpful.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- Python >= ```3.7```
+- Python >= ```3.8```
 - [pip3][1]
 
 ### Optional Packages
diff --git a/local-tox b/local-tox
index 6d531fce..8553a166 100755
--- a/local-tox
+++ b/local-tox
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 export PYENV_ROOT=$HOME/.pyenv
 export PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH
 eval "$(pyenv init -)"
-pyenv shell 3.11.1 3.10.9 3.9.16 3.8.16 3.7.16
+pyenv shell 3.12.5 3.11.4 3.10.9 3.9.16 3.8.16
 exec tox "$@"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f1ab812..fe14be9d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Christian Vogelgsang", email = "chris@vogelgsang.org"},
 ]
 description = "A package to support development with classic Amiga m68k systems"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 keywords = ["AmigaOS", "vamos"]
 license = {text = "GPL-v2"}
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d3955358..3964e53f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{37,38,39,310,311}
+envlist = py{38,39,310,311,312}
 skipsdist = {env:TOXBUILD:false}
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.7: py37
     3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310
     3.11: py311
+    3.12: py312
 
 [testenv]
 deps= -rrequirements-test.txt