diff --git a/docs/source/contributing.rst b/docs/source/contributing.rst
index b3d6f917..6b080e30 100644
--- a/docs/source/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/contributing.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Installing a Development Version
 
    ::
 
-      conda create -n scico python=3.11
+      conda create -n scico python=3.12
 
 5. Activate the created conda virtual environment:
 
diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst
index b6698ae5..0931ef82 100644
--- a/docs/source/install.rst
+++ b/docs/source/install.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 Installing SCICO
 ================
 
-SCICO requires Python version 3.8 or later. (Version 3.10 is
-recommended as it is the version under which SCICO has been most
-thoroughly tested, and is the minimum supported Python version for
-the most recent versions of JAX.) SCICO is supported on both Linux and
+SCICO requires Python version 3.8 or later. (Version 3.12 is
+recommended as it is the version under which SCICO is tested in GitHub
+continuous integration, and since the most recent versions of JAX require
+version 3.10 or later.) SCICO is supported on both Linux and
 MacOS, but is not currently supported on Windows due to the limited
 support for ``jaxlib`` on Windows. However, Windows users can use
 SCICO via the `Windows Subsystem for Linux
diff --git a/misc/conda/README.rst b/misc/conda/README.rst
index f1cd68e1..9df4e6c5 100644
--- a/misc/conda/README.rst
+++ b/misc/conda/README.rst
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ To install miniconda in ``/opt/conda`` do
    ./install_conda.sh -y /opt/conda
 
 
-To create a conda environment called ``py310`` with default Python version (3.10) and without GPU support
+To create a conda environment called ``scico`` with Python version 3.12 and without GPU support
 
 ::
 
-   ./make_conda_env.sh -y -e py310
+   ./make_conda_env.sh -y -p 3.12 -e scico
 
 
 To include GPU support, follow the `jax installation instructions <https://github.com/google/jax#pip-installation-gpu-cuda>`__ after
diff --git a/misc/conda/make_conda_env.sh b/misc/conda/make_conda_env.sh
index d3b99d46..b5aa4411 100755
--- a/misc/conda/make_conda_env.sh
+++ b/misc/conda/make_conda_env.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Usage: $SCRIPT [-h] [-y] [-g] [-p python_version] [-e env_name]
           [-v] Verbose operation
           [-t] Display actions that would be taken but do nothing
           [-y] Do not ask for confirmation
-          [-p python_version] Specify Python version (e.g. 3.10)
+          [-p python_version] Specify Python version (e.g. 3.12)
           [-e env_name] Specify conda environment name
 EOF
 )
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ EOF
 AGREE=no
 VERBOSE=no
 TEST=no
-PYVER="3.10"
+PYVER="3.12"
 ENVNM=py$(echo $PYVER | sed -e 's/\.//g')
 
 # Project requirements files