diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-release.yml b/.github/workflows/package-release.yml
index d84bf07e1..aad7191ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-release.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Python | Setup
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Python | Install bump2version
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Python | Setup
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Python | Install bump2version
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/package-tests.yml
index b6ae538d3..eaa31d8d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-tests.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Install Poetry
         uses: abatilo/actions-poetry@v2
       - name: Install pre-commit
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Install Conda
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
       - name: Run tests with conda
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6e78c94e6..f40d4ad65 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ repos:
     rev: "23.3.0"
     hooks:
       - id: black
-        language_version: python3.9
+        language_version: python3.12
         exclude: |
           (?x)(
             ^src\/polus\/plugins\/_plugins\/models\/pydanticv1\/\w*Schema.py$|