diff --git a/.github/actions/build-py/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-py/action.yml
index e0632831b3..757f9f58a0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-py/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-py/action.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ runs:
         /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
         /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m pip install scikit-build scikit-build-core
         /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m build --no-isolation --wheel
-        /opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        /opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin/python -m pip install scikit-build scikit-build-core
-        /opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin/python -m build --no-isolation --wheel
+        /opt/python/cp312-cp312/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        /opt/python/cp312-cp312/bin/python -m pip install scikit-build scikit-build-core
+        /opt/python/cp312-cp312/bin/python -m build --no-isolation --wheel
         # Exclude memilio-generation, because its a pure python package, cmake is only used in the build process to retrieve data from cpp
         if [[ -f "CMakeLists.txt" ]] && [ "${{ inputs.package }}" != "generation" ]; then 
           # includes native dependencies in the wheel
diff --git a/.github/actions/test-py/action.yml b/.github/actions/test-py/action.yml
index 9a1cc4b2e1..e0839ac761 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test-py/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test-py/action.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ runs:
         else
           sudo apt-get -qq -y install python3-pip gnupg
         fi
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
     - name: Download Python Wheels
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/actions/test-pylint/action.yml b/.github/actions/test-pylint/action.yml
index d645c76aa2..049fa88ddf 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test-pylint/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test-pylint/action.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ runs:
         sudo apt-get -qq update
         sudo apt-get -qq -y install python3-pip gnupg
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    # Pylint runs against the prebuilt wheels in pycode/wheelhouse/*cp311*.
+    # Pylint runs against the prebuilt wheels in pycode/wheelhouse/*cp312*.
     # So, use current latest supported Python version.
-    - name: Set up Python 3.11
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.11"
+        python-version: "3.12"
     - name: Download Python Wheels
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         shopt -s nullglob
-        for pkg in pycode/wheelhouse/*cp311*.whl; do python -m pip install "$pkg"; done # packages that contain native extensions are version specific
+        for pkg in pycode/wheelhouse/*cp312*.whl; do python -m pip install "$pkg"; done # packages that contain native extensions are version specific
         for pkg in pycode/wheelhouse/*py3*.whl; do python -m pip install "$pkg"; done # pure python packages are not version specific
         python -m pip install --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed --prefer-binary --find-links pycode/wheelhouse "memilio-${{ inputs.package }}[dev]"
     - name: Run pylint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/epidata_main.yml b/.github/workflows/epidata_main.yml
index e3ee6ac2ca..3cd8fea21b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/epidata_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/epidata_main.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.11
+        python-version: 3.12
     - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
 
   build-py-epidata:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-py-epidata
     strategy:
       matrix: 
-        version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        version: ["3.8", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-py-plot, build-py-epidata]
     strategy:
       matrix: 
-        version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        version: ["3.8", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: python-wheels-epidata
           path: pycode/wheelhouse
-      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+      - name: Set up Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.12
       - name: Install Python Wheels
         run: |
-          for pkg in `ls pycode/wheelhouse/*cp311*.whl`; do python -m pip install $pkg; done # packages that contain native extensions are version specific
+          for pkg in `ls pycode/wheelhouse/*cp312*.whl`; do python -m pip install $pkg; done # packages that contain native extensions are version specific
           for pkg in `ls pycode/wheelhouse/*py3*.whl`; do python -m pip install $pkg; done # pure python packages are not version specific
       - name: Download Data
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 9b0c6505ea..b87795d7bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.12
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
 
   build-cpp-gcc_clang:
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     strategy:
       matrix: 
-        version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        version: ["3.8", "3.12"]
     needs: build-py-generation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-py-simulation
     strategy:
       matrix: 
-        version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        version: ["3.8", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-py-surrogatemodel, build-py-simulation]
     strategy:
       matrix: 
-        version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        version: ["3.8", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 934cd51526..58c80bd6c6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repos:
   hooks:
     - id: pyupgrade
       args: [--py37-plus]
-- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-autopep8
-  rev: v2.0.0
+- repo: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8
+  rev: v2.3.2
   hooks:
   -   id: autopep8
diff --git a/docs/source/getting_started.rst b/docs/source/getting_started.rst
index d57a103cb2..175d70988e 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting_started.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Before you can install MEmilio, you need to install some common development tool
 
 *   **Python:** Required for the Python packages.
 
-    *   MEmilio is tested daily with Python 3.8 and 3.11. While other versions may also work, we recommend using the latest release of either of these. You can download it from the official website `python.org <https://www.python.org/>`__.
+    *   MEmilio is tested daily with Python 3.8 and 3.12. While other versions may also work, we recommend using the latest release of either of these. You can download it from the official website `python.org <https://www.python.org/>`__.
 
 *   **C++ Compiler and CMake:**
 
diff --git a/pycode/README.rst b/pycode/README.rst
index 1639291e00..bc304b43fe 100644
--- a/pycode/README.rst
+++ b/pycode/README.rst
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ We recommend to use a virtual python environment to avoid dependency conflicts w
 
 Refer to the `Python documentation <https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html>`_ for more information about virtual environments. 
 
-The packages are tested for Python 3.8 - 3.11.
+The packages are tested for Python 3.8 - 3.12.
diff --git a/pycode/memilio-epidata/pyproject.toml b/pycode/memilio-epidata/pyproject.toml
index b0ce32b705..75eef7bbe2 100644
--- a/pycode/memilio-epidata/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pycode/memilio-epidata/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ maintainers = [
   { email = "martin.kuehn@dlr.de" }
 ]
 dependencies = [
+  "setuptools>=68",
   "pandas>=2.0.0",
   "pyarrow",
   "matplotlib",
@@ -41,9 +42,8 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
   "coverage>=7.0.1",
-  # pylint 2.16 creates problem with wrapt package version
-  "pylint>=2.13.0,<2.16",
-  "pylint_json2html==0.4.0"
+  "pylint>=3.0",
+  "pylint_json2html==0.5.0"
   ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/pycode/memilio-plot/pyproject.toml b/pycode/memilio-plot/pyproject.toml
index 6f45f8634a..3f8d15d540 100644
--- a/pycode/memilio-plot/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pycode/memilio-plot/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ maintainers = [
   { email = "martin.kuehn@dlr.de" }
 ]
 dependencies = [
+  "setuptools>=68",
   "pandas>=1.2.2",
   "matplotlib",
   # smaller numpy versions cause a security issue, 1.25 does not work together with pyfakefs
@@ -36,9 +37,8 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
   "coverage>=7.0.1",
-  # pylint 2.16 creates problem with wrapt package version
-  "pylint>=2.13.0,<2.16",
-  "pylint_json2html==0.4.0"
+  "pylint>=3.0",
+  "pylint_json2html==0.5.0"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]