diff --git a/bin/setup_bec.sh b/bin/setup_bec.sh
index acec301..50da7d4 100755
--- a/bin/setup_bec.sh
+++ b/bin/setup_bec.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ if [ "pc15543.psi.ch" != "$(hostname)" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-module add psi-python39/2021.11
+module use unstable
+module add psi-python311/2024.02
 echo module add tmux/3.2 >> ~/.bashrc
 echo module add redis/7.0.12 >> ~/.bashrc
 
diff --git a/bin/setup_bec_widgets.sh b/bin/setup_bec_widgets.sh
index 719073e..38849f6 100755
--- a/bin/setup_bec_widgets.sh
+++ b/bin/setup_bec_widgets.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-module add psi-python39/2021.11
+module use unstable
+module add psi-python311/2024.02
 
 cd ~/Data10/software
 python -m venv ./bec_widgets_venv
diff --git a/deployment/deploy.sh b/deployment/deploy.sh
index e14dbca..319dbf2 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 # BEAMLINE_REPO=gitlab.psi.ch:bec/csaxs-bec.git
 # git clone git@$BEAMLINE_REPO
 
-module add psi-python39/2021.11
+module use unstable
+module add psi-python311/2024.02
 
 # start redis
 docker run --network=host --name redis-bec -d redis
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ac2cfb3..a5ae6c0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers =
 package_dir =
     = .
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.9
+python_requires = >=3.10
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = .