diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-ci-cron.yaml b/.github/workflows/gh-ci-cron.yaml
index 01fb8aa1bca..7b3bfbe1934 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-ci-cron.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-ci-cron.yaml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
         fail-fast: false
         matrix:
-          python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
+          python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml
index bf8f9de42ca..fb6c1d68236 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ jobs:
               full-deps: true
               codecov: false
               extra-pip-deps: asv
+            - name: python_312
+              os: ubuntu-latest
+              python-version: "3.12"
+              full-deps: false
+              codecov: true
     env:
       CYTHON_TRACE_NOGIL: 1
       MPLBACKEND: agg
diff --git a/package/pyproject.toml b/package/pyproject.toml
index 83a7da80e82..1110c7e8372 100644
--- a/package/pyproject.toml
+++ b/package/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ requires = [
     "numpy==1.22.3; python_version=='3.9' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
     "numpy==1.22.3; python_version=='3.10' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
     "numpy==1.23.2; python_version=='3.11' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
+    "numpy==1.26.0; python_version=='3.12' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
     # For unreleased versions of Python there is currently no known supported
     # NumPy version. In that case we just let it be a bare NumPy install
     "numpy<2.0; python_version>='3.12'",
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ classifiers = [
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
     'Programming Language :: C',
     'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
     'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics',
diff --git a/package/setup.py b/package/setup.py
index ff5c864b315..c48bbc56e85 100755
--- a/package/setup.py
+++ b/package/setup.py
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ def long_description(readme):
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
         'Programming Language :: C',
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics',