diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/build_pypi.yml
index 261751e8..97c662d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_pypi.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
         id: setup_python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'poetry'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 0628d860..3f445095 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         id: setup_python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'poetry'
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         id: setup_python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'poetry'
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/follow-merge-upstream-repo-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/follow-merge-upstream-repo-sync.yml
index 81def8d9..3dc9024c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/follow-merge-upstream-repo-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/follow-merge-upstream-repo-sync.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
         id: setup_python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'poetry'
 
       - name: Commit submodule
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 58fc0bc8..6310ee7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         id: setup_python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'poetry'
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
         # python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
-        python-version: ['3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests with coverage
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: |
-          poetry run pytest tests/ -vv ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.11' && '--cov=. --cov-report=xml' || '' }}
+          poetry run pytest tests/ -vv ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.12' && '--cov=. --cov-report=xml' || '' }}
 
       - name: Upload to Codecov
         if: |
           matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' &&
-          matrix.python-version == '3.11' &&
+          matrix.python-version == '3.12' &&
           github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'dependabot[bot]'
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5.1.1
         with:
diff --git a/Dockerfile.app b/Dockerfile.app
index 946251c5..09509fa1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.app
+++ b/Dockerfile.app
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
-ARG POETRY_VERSION=1.8.1
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
+ARG POETRY_VERSION=1.8.5
 
 ################################ Overview
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index bccb518f..6ab70941 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.4 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.5 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiohappyeyeballs"
@@ -1425,7 +1425,8 @@ packaging = "*"
 pydantic = [
     {version = ">=1.5.1,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""},
     {version = ">=1.9.0,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\" and python_version < \"3.11\""},
-    {version = ">=1.10.0,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and python_version < \"4.0\""},
+    {version = ">=1.10.0,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and python_version < \"3.12\""},
+    {version = ">=1.10.0,<2.0.0 || >2.0.0,<2.0.1 || >2.0.1,<2.4.0 || >2.4.0,<3.0", extras = ["email"], markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\" and python_version < \"4.0\""},
 ]
 pyyaml = ">=6.0.1"
 toml = {version = ">=0.10.0,<1.0.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
@@ -5135,6 +5136,7 @@ files = [
 numpy = [
     {version = ">=1.22.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""},
     {version = ">=1.23.2", markers = "python_version == \"3.11\""},
+    {version = ">=1.26.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
 ]
 python-dateutil = ">=2.8.2"
 pytz = ">=2020.1"
@@ -6298,6 +6300,7 @@ more-itertools = ">=8.14,<11.0"
 pydantic = ">=1.10.2,<3.0.0"
 python-ulid = ">=1.0.3,<2.0.0"
 redis = ">=3.5.3,<6.0.0"
+setuptools = {version = ">=70.0,<73.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""}
 types-redis = ">=3.5.9,<5.0.0"
 typing-extensions = ">=4.4.0,<5.0.0"
 
@@ -6718,23 +6721,19 @@ win32 = ["pywin32"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "setuptools"
-version = "75.1.0"
+version = "72.2.0"
 description = "Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "setuptools-75.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:35ab7fd3bcd95e6b7fd704e4a1539513edad446c097797f2985e0e4b960772f2"},
-    {file = "setuptools-75.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d59a21b17a275fb872a9c3dae73963160ae079f1049ed956880cd7c09b120538"},
+    {file = "setuptools-72.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f11dd94b7bae3a156a95ec151f24e4637fb4fa19c878e4d191bfb8b2d82728c4"},
+    {file = "setuptools-72.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:80aacbf633704e9c8bfa1d99fa5dd4dc59573efcf9e4042c13d3bcef91ac2ef9"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
-check = ["pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-ruff (>=0.2.1)", "ruff (>=0.5.2)"]
-core = ["importlib-metadata (>=6)", "importlib-resources (>=5.10.2)", "jaraco.collections", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.text (>=3.7)", "more-itertools", "more-itertools (>=8.8)", "packaging", "packaging (>=24)", "platformdirs (>=2.6.2)", "tomli (>=2.0.1)", "wheel (>=0.43.0)"]
-cover = ["pytest-cov"]
+core = ["importlib-metadata (>=6)", "importlib-resources (>=5.10.2)", "jaraco.text (>=3.7)", "more-itertools (>=8.8)", "ordered-set (>=3.1.1)", "packaging (>=24)", "platformdirs (>=2.6.2)", "tomli (>=2.0.1)", "wheel (>=0.43.0)"]
 doc = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "pygments-github-lexers (==0.0.5)", "pyproject-hooks (!=1.1)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-favicon", "sphinx-inline-tabs", "sphinx-lint", "sphinx-notfound-page (>=1,<2)", "sphinx-reredirects", "sphinxcontrib-towncrier", "towncrier (<24.7)"]
-enabler = ["pytest-enabler (>=2.2)"]
-test = ["build[virtualenv] (>=1.0.3)", "filelock (>=3.4.0)", "ini2toml[lite] (>=0.14)", "jaraco.develop (>=7.21)", "jaraco.envs (>=2.2)", "jaraco.path (>=3.2.0)", "jaraco.test", "packaging (>=23.2)", "pip (>=19.1)", "pyproject-hooks (!=1.1)", "pytest (>=6,!=8.1.*)", "pytest-home (>=0.5)", "pytest-perf", "pytest-subprocess", "pytest-timeout", "pytest-xdist (>=3)", "tomli-w (>=1.0.0)", "virtualenv (>=13.0.0)", "wheel (>=0.44.0)"]
-type = ["importlib-metadata (>=7.0.2)", "jaraco.develop (>=7.21)", "mypy (==1.11.*)", "pytest-mypy"]
+test = ["build[virtualenv] (>=1.0.3)", "filelock (>=3.4.0)", "importlib-metadata", "ini2toml[lite] (>=0.14)", "jaraco.develop (>=7.21)", "jaraco.envs (>=2.2)", "jaraco.path (>=3.2.0)", "jaraco.test", "mypy (==1.11.*)", "packaging (>=23.2)", "pip (>=19.1)", "pyproject-hooks (!=1.1)", "pytest (>=6,!=8.1.*)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=2.2)", "pytest-home (>=0.5)", "pytest-mypy", "pytest-perf", "pytest-ruff (<0.4)", "pytest-ruff (>=0.2.1)", "pytest-ruff (>=0.3.2)", "pytest-subprocess", "pytest-timeout", "pytest-xdist (>=3)", "tomli", "tomli-w (>=1.0.0)", "virtualenv (>=13.0.0)", "wheel"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shellingham"
@@ -8155,5 +8154,5 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = ">=3.9,<3.12"
-content-hash = "5650ea760e9e0efc480850adefc5f833398823fd364d95898c7fe6688390d7f2"
+python-versions = ">=3.9,<3.13"
+content-hash = "4e4f4c553d9449fe306076b24b2b303ad57cb0525a05ebe588b2a991ba3aea0d"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d492158..bd53aef3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9,<3.12"
+python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
 pandas = "*"
 openai = "^1.47.1"
 guidance = "0.0.64"
diff --git a/server/utils.py b/server/utils.py
index c40b290d..fb647121 100644
--- a/server/utils.py
+++ b/server/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import sys
+# fix for https://github.com/dpkp/kafka-python/issues/2412
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 12, 0):
+    import six
+    sys.modules['kafka.vendor.six.moves'] = six.moves
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 from typing import List, Union
 import logging