diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a49fc7b7e7..96d0dd5ffc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ first_python=
 if test -z "${PYTHON}"; then
     # A bare 'python' is traditionally python 2.x, but some distros
     # have it as python 3.x, so check in both places.
-    for binary in python3 python python3.11 python3.10 python3.9 python3.8; do
+    for binary in python3 python python3.12 python3.11 \
+                          python3.10 python3.9 python3.8; do
         if has "$binary"; then
             python=$(command -v "$binary")
             if check_py_version "$python"; then
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index 8c67dce457..48668609d3 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
     Typing :: Typed
 
 [options]
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ multi_line_output=3
 # of python available on your system to run this test.
 
 [tox:tox]
-envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311
+envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, py312
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [testenv]
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/python.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/python.docker
index 383ccbdc3a..a3c1321190 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/python.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/python.docker
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     python3-pip \
     python3-tox \
     python3-virtualenv \
-    python3.10
+    python3.10 \
+    python3.11 \
+    python3.12 \
+    python3.8 \
+    python3.9
 
 RUN dnf install -y $PACKAGES
 RUN rpm -q $PACKAGES | sort > /packages.txt