diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2bf022e..4a5094a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         exclude:
           # pycifrw 4.4.4 is broken on Windows / python 3.10
           - os: windows-latest
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 334032f..f3900f5 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+setuptools; python_version >= '3.12'
 # The ability to build documentation using `python setup.py build_sphinx` 
 # has been removed as of Sphinx v7.
 # Until the setup script `setup.py` has been changed to setup.cfg