diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest-matrix.yml
index 4a1e4852..9446714c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest-matrix.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     env:
       BEC_WIDGETS_BRANCH: main  # Set the branch you want for bec_widgets
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b2785ac..00000000
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,289 +0,0 @@
-# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
-# Official language image. Look for the different tagged releases at:
-# https://hub.docker.com/r/library/python/tags/
-image: $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX/python:3.11
-#commands to run in the Docker container before starting each job.
-variables:
-  DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
-  BEC_CORE_BRANCH:
-    description: bec branch
-    value: main
-  OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH:
-    description: ophyd_devices branch
-    value: main
-  CHILD_PIPELINE_BRANCH: $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-  CHECK_PKG_VERSIONS:
-    description: Whether to run additional tests against min/max/random selection of dependencies. Set to 1 for running.
-    value: 0
-
-workflow:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "parent_pipeline"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
-
-include:
-  - template: Security/Secret-Detection.gitlab-ci.yml
-  - project: "bec/awi_utils"
-    file: "/templates/check-packages-job.yml"
-    inputs:
-      stage: test
-      path: "."
-      pytest_args: "-v,--random-order,tests/unit_tests"
-      pip_args: ".[dev]"
-
-# different stages in the pipeline
-stages:
-  - Formatter
-  - test
-  - AdditionalTests
-  - End2End
-  - Deploy
-
-.install-qt-webengine-deps: &install-qt-webengine-deps
-  - apt-get -y install libnss3 libxdamage1 libasound2 libatomic1 libxcursor1
-  - export QTWEBENGINE_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1
-
-.clone-repos: &clone-repos
-  - echo -e "\033[35;1m Using branch $BEC_CORE_BRANCH of BEC CORE \033[0;m";
-  - git clone --branch $BEC_CORE_BRANCH https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec.git
-  - echo -e "\033[35;1m Using branch $OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH of OPHYD_DEVICES \033[0;m";
-  - git clone --branch $OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/ophyd_devices.git
-  - export OHPYD_DEVICES_PATH=$PWD/ophyd_devices
-
-.install-repos: &install-repos
-  - pip install -e ./ophyd_devices
-  - pip install -e ./bec/bec_lib[dev]
-  - pip install -e ./bec/bec_ipython_client
-  - pip install -e ./bec/pytest_bec_e2e
-
-.install-os-packages: &install-os-packages
-  - apt-get update
-  - apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-glx libegl1-mesa x11-utils libxkbcommon-x11-0 libdbus-1-3 xvfb
-  - *install-qt-webengine-deps
-
-before_script:
-  - if [[ "$CI_PROJECT_PATH" != "bec/bec_widgets" ]]; then
-    echo -e "\033[35;1m Using branch $CHILD_PIPELINE_BRANCH of BEC Widgets \033[0;m";
-    test -d bec_widgets || git clone --branch $CHILD_PIPELINE_BRANCH https://gitlab.psi.ch/bec/bec_widgets.git; cd bec_widgets;
-    fi
-
-formatter:
-  stage: Formatter
-  needs: []
-  script:
-    - pip install -e ./[dev]
-    - isort --check --diff --line-length=100 --profile=black --multi-line=3 --trailing-comma ./
-    - black --check --diff --color --line-length=100 --skip-magic-trailing-comma ./
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PROJECT_PATH == "bec/bec_widgets"
-
-pylint:
-  stage: Formatter
-  needs: []
-  before_script:
-    - pip install pylint pylint-exit anybadge
-    - pip install -e .[dev]
-  script:
-    - mkdir ./pylint
-    - pylint ./bec_widgets --output-format=text --output=./pylint/pylint.log | tee ./pylint/pylint.log || pylint-exit $?
-    - PYLINT_SCORE=$(sed -n 's/^Your code has been rated at \([-0-9.]*\)\/.*/\1/p' ./pylint/pylint.log)
-    - anybadge --label=Pylint --file=pylint/pylint.svg --value=$PYLINT_SCORE 2=red 4=orange 8=yellow 10=green
-    - echo "Pylint score is $PYLINT_SCORE"
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - ./pylint/
-    expire_in: 1 week
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PROJECT_PATH == "bec/bec_widgets"
-
-pylint-check:
-  stage: Formatter
-  needs: []
-  allow_failure: true
-  before_script:
-    - pip install pylint pylint-exit anybadge
-    - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -y bc
-  script:
-    - git fetch origin $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME
-    # Identify changed Python files
-    - if [ "$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE" == "merge_request_event" ]; then
-      TARGET_BRANCH_COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME);
-      CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $TARGET_BRANCH_COMMIT_SHA HEAD | grep '\.py$' || true);
-      else
-      CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA $CI_COMMIT_SHA | grep '\.py$' || true);
-      fi
-    - if [ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" ]; then echo "No Python files changed."; exit 0; fi
-
-    - echo "Changed Python files:"
-      - $CHANGED_FILES
-    # Run pylint only on changed files
-    - mkdir ./pylint
-    - pylint $CHANGED_FILES --output-format=text | tee ./pylint/pylint_changed_files.log || pylint-exit $?
-    - PYLINT_SCORE=$(sed -n 's/^Your code has been rated at \([-0-9.]*\)\/.*/\1/p' ./pylint/pylint_changed_files.log)
-    - echo "Pylint score is $PYLINT_SCORE"
-
-    # Fail the job if the pylint score is below 9
-    - if [ "$(echo "$PYLINT_SCORE < 9" | bc)" -eq 1 ]; then echo "Your pylint score is below the acceptable threshold (9)."; exit 1; fi
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - ./pylint/
-    expire_in: 1 week
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PROJECT_PATH == "bec/bec_widgets"
-
-tests:
-  stage: test
-  needs: []
-  variables:
-    QT_QPA_PLATFORM: "offscreen"
-  script:
-    - *clone-repos
-    - *install-os-packages
-    - *install-repos
-    - pip install -e .[dev,pyside6]
-    - coverage run --source=./bec_widgets -m pytest -v --junitxml=report.xml --maxfail=2 --random-order --full-trace ./tests/unit_tests
-    - coverage report
-    - coverage xml
-  coverage: '/(?i)total.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/'
-  artifacts:
-    reports:
-      junit: report.xml
-      coverage_report:
-        coverage_format: cobertura
-        path: coverage.xml
-    paths:
-      - tests/reference_failures/
-    when: always
-
-generate-client-check:
-  stage: test
-  needs: []
-  variables:
-    QT_QPA_PLATFORM: "offscreen"
-  script:
-    - *clone-repos
-    - *install-os-packages
-    - *install-repos
-    - pip install -e .[dev,pyside6]
-    - bw-generate-cli --target bec_widgets
-    # if there are changes in the generated files, fail the job
-    - git diff --exit-code
-
-test-matrix:
-  parallel:
-    matrix:
-      - PYTHON_VERSION:
-          - "3.10"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.12"
-        QT_PCKG:
-          - "pyside6"
-
-  stage: AdditionalTests
-  needs: []
-  variables:
-    QT_QPA_PLATFORM: "offscreen"
-    PYTHON_VERSION: ""
-    QT_PCKG: ""
-  image: $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX/python:$PYTHON_VERSION
-  script:
-    - *clone-repos
-    - *install-os-packages
-    - *install-repos
-    - pip install -e .[dev,$QT_PCKG]
-    - pytest -v --maxfail=2 --junitxml=report.xml --random-order ./tests/unit_tests
-
-end-2-end-conda:
-  stage: End2End
-  needs: []
-  image: continuumio/miniconda3:25.1.1-2
-  allow_failure: false
-  variables:
-    QT_QPA_PLATFORM: "offscreen"
-  script:
-    - *clone-repos
-    - *install-os-packages
-    - conda config --show-sources
-    - conda config --add channels conda-forge
-    - conda config --system --remove channels https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
-    - conda config --system --remove channels https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
-    - conda config --remove channels https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
-    - conda config --remove channels https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
-    - conda config --show-sources
-    - conda config --set channel_priority strict
-    - conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
-    - conda create -q -n test-environment python=3.11
-    - conda init bash
-    - source ~/.bashrc
-    - conda activate test-environment
-
-    - cd ./bec
-    - source ./bin/install_bec_dev.sh -t
-    - cd ../
-    - pip install -e ./ophyd_devices
-
-    - pip install -e .[dev,pyside6]
-    - pytest -v --files-path ./ --start-servers --random-order  ./tests/end-2-end
-
-  artifacts:
-    when: on_failure
-    paths:
-      - ./logs/*.log
-    expire_in: 1 week
-
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"'
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"'
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "parent_pipeline"'
-    - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "main"'
-    - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "production"'
-    - if: "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME =~ /^pre_release.*$/"
-
-semver:
-  stage: Deploy
-  needs: ["tests"]
-  script:
-    - git config --global user.name "ci_update_bot"
-    - git config --global user.email "ci_update_bot@bec.ch"
-    - git checkout "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
-    - git reset --hard origin/"$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
-
-    # delete all local tags
-    - git tag -l | xargs git tag -d
-    - git fetch --tags
-    - git tag
-
-    # build and publish package
-    - pip install python-semantic-release==9.* wheel build twine
-    - export GL_TOKEN=$CI_UPDATES
-    - semantic-release -vv version
-
-    # check if any artifacts were created
-    - if [ ! -d dist ]; then echo No release will be made; exit 0; fi
-    - twine upload dist/* -u __token__ -p $CI_PYPI_TOKEN --skip-existing
-    - semantic-release publish
-
-  allow_failure: false
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "main" && $CI_PROJECT_PATH == "bec/bec_widgets"'
-
-pages:
-  stage: Deploy
-  needs: ["semver"]
-  variables:
-    TARGET_BRANCH: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
-  rules:
-    - if: "$CI_COMMIT_TAG != null"
-      variables:
-        TARGET_BRANCH: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "main" && $CI_PROJECT_PATH == "bec/bec_widgets"'
-  script:
-    - curl -X POST -d "branches=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" -d "token=$RTD_TOKEN" https://readthedocs.org/api/v2/webhook/bec-widgets/253243/
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index c5dbbc15..d9bca4c8 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ persistent=yes
 
 # Minimum Python version to use for version dependent checks. Will default to
 # the version used to run pylint.
-py-version=3.10
+py-version=3.11
 
 # When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
 # user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf48ff18..e8cf0d07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![badge](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/bec-widgets)](https://pypi.org/project/bec-widgets/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/bec-project/bec_widgets)](./LICENSE)
 [![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
-[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%20%7C%203.11%20%7C%203.12-blue?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://www.python.org)
+[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11%20%7C%203.12%20%7C%203.13-blue?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://www.python.org)
 [![PySide6](https://img.shields.io/badge/PySide6-blue?logo=qt&logoColor=white)](https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/)
 [![Conventional Commits](https://img.shields.io/badge/conventional%20commits-1.0.0-yellow?logo=conventionalcommits&logoColor=white)](https://conventionalcommits.org)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/bec-project/bec_widgets/graph/badge.svg?token=0Z9IQRJKMY)](https://codecov.io/gh/bec-project/bec_widgets)
diff --git a/bec_widgets/utils/forms_from_types/items.py b/bec_widgets/utils/forms_from_types/items.py
index 73e702b3..e9d92db6 100644
--- a/bec_widgets/utils/forms_from_types/items.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/forms_from_types/items.py
@@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ import typing
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from decimal import Decimal
 from types import GenericAlias, UnionType
-from typing import Callable, Final, Iterable, Literal, NamedTuple, OrderedDict, get_args
+from typing import (
+    Callable,
+    Final,
+    Generic,
+    Iterable,
+    Literal,
+    NamedTuple,
+    OrderedDict,
+    TypeVar,
+    get_args,
+)
 
 from bec_lib.logger import bec_logger
 from bec_qthemes import material_icon
@@ -350,11 +360,13 @@ class DictFormItem(DynamicFormItem):
         self._main_widget.replace_data(value)
 
 
-class _ItemAndWidgetType(NamedTuple):
-    # TODO: this should be generic but not supported in 3.10
-    item: type[int | float | str]
+_IW = TypeVar("_IW", bound=int | float | str)
+
+
+class _ItemAndWidgetType(NamedTuple, Generic[_IW]):
+    item: type[_IW]
     widget: type[QWidget]
-    default: int | float | str
+    default: _IW
 
 
 class ListFormItem(DynamicFormItem):
diff --git a/docs/developer/introduction/contributing.md b/docs/developer/introduction/contributing.md
index 6971c927..6c032909 100644
--- a/docs/developer/introduction/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/developer/introduction/contributing.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Therefore, we recommend that you install BEC first following the [developer inst
 If you already have a BEC environment set up, you can install BEC Widgets in editable mode into your BEC Python environment.
 
 **Prerequisites**
-1. **Python Version:** BEC Widgets requires Python version 3.10 or higher. Verify your Python version to ensure compatibility.
+1. **Python Version:** BEC Widgets requires Python version 3.11 or higher. Verify your Python version to ensure compatibility.
 2. **BEC Installation:** BEC Widgets works in conjunction with BEC. While BEC is a dependency and will be installed automatically, you can find more information about BEC and its installation process in the [BEC documentation](https://beamline-experiment-control.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
 3. **Qt Distributions:** BEC Widgets supports [PySide6](https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython-6/quickstart.html) and [PyQt6](https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt6/introduction.html). We use [qtpy](https://pypi.org/project/QtPy/) to abstract the underlying QT distribution.
 
diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started/installation.md b/docs/user/getting_started/installation.md
index 0cc7b2f4..baf1a965 100644
--- a/docs/user/getting_started/installation.md
+++ b/docs/user/getting_started/installation.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Before installing BEC Widgets, please ensure the following requirements are met:
 
-1. **Python Version:** BEC Widgets requires Python version 3.10 or higher. Verify your Python version to ensure compatibility.
+1. **Python Version:** BEC Widgets requires Python version 3.11 or higher. Verify your Python version to ensure compatibility.
 2. **BEC Installation:** BEC Widgets works in conjunction with BEC. While BEC is a dependency and will be installed automatically, you can find more information about BEC and its installation process in the [BEC documentation](https://beamline-experiment-control.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
 
 **Standard Installation**
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e9d1117e..625f14dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "bec_widgets"
 version = "2.38.2"
 description = "BEC Widgets"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_client_plugin_widgets.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_client_plugin_widgets.py
index b43c2960..161fe2d8 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_client_plugin_widgets.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_client_plugin_widgets.py
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ def test_plugins_dont_clobber_client_globals(bec_logger: MagicMock):
     bec_logger.logger.warning.assert_called_with(
         "Plugin widget Widgets from namespace(Widgets=<class 'tests.unit_tests.test_client_plugin_widgets._TestGlobalPlugin'>) conflicts with a built-in class!"
     )
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):  # No EnumType in python3.10
-        assert isinstance(client.Widgets, enum.EnumType)
+    assert isinstance(client.Widgets, enum.EnumType)
 
 
 class _TestDuplicatePlugin(RPCBase): ...
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_generated_form_items.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_generated_form_items.py
index bce5d35b..abb7bec4 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_generated_form_items.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_generated_form_items.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from bec_widgets.utils.forms_from_types.items import FormItemSpec, ListFormItem
 from bec_widgets.utils.widget_io import WidgetIO
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 11), reason="Generic types don't support this in 3.10")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ["input", "validity"],
     [