diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildandtestpython.yml b/.github/workflows/buildandtestpython.yml
index 48d6d7ae..2c364364 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildandtestpython.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildandtestpython.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: [3.9, '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 07defa53..61e8c621 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def read(f_name):
         'graphql-core==3.2.3',
         'wheel~=0.43.0',
         'setuptools~=71.0.4',
-        'numpy~=1.26.0',
+        'numpy~=1.26',
         'jsonschema~=4.23.0',
         'pandas==1.5.0',
         'openpyxl>=3.1.5',