diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 38e0ddf..51a9a8a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # 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_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.8
+image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.9
 
 #commands to run in the Docker container before starting each job.
 before_script:
@@ -25,23 +25,22 @@ pytest:
   script:
     - pytest -v --random-order ./tests
 
-tests-3.9:
+tests-3.10:
   stage: AdditionalTests
-  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.9
+  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.10
   needs: ["pytest"]
   script:
     - pytest -v --random-order ./tests
   allow_failure: true
 
-tests-3.10:
-  extends: "tests-3.9"
-  stage: AdditionalTests
-  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.10
-  allow_failure: true
-
 tests-3.11:
-  extends: "tests-3.9"
+  extends: "tests-3.10"
   stage: AdditionalTests
   image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.11
   allow_failure: true
-  
+
+tests-3.12:
+  extends: "tests-3.10"
+  stage: AdditionalTests
+  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.12
+  allow_failure: true
diff --git a/bec_plugins/services/NIDAQ_writer/NIDAQ_writer.py b/bec_plugins/services/NIDAQ_writer/NIDAQ_writer.py
index dfdd40a..b2297c0 100644
--- a/bec_plugins/services/NIDAQ_writer/NIDAQ_writer.py
+++ b/bec_plugins/services/NIDAQ_writer/NIDAQ_writer.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import queue
 import threading
 import time
 import traceback
-from typing import List
 
 import h5py
 import numpy as np
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ class NIDAQWriterService(BECService):
         else:
             self.scan_is_running = False
 
-    def handle_ni_data(self, msgs: List[messages.DeviceMessage]) -> None:
+    def handle_ni_data(self, msgs: list[messages.DeviceMessage]) -> None:
         """
         Receive NI data messages and write them to the writer queue.
 
diff --git a/deployment/deploy.sh b/deployment/deploy.sh
index 75a6ff1..6930e90 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 BEAMLINE_REPO=gitlab.psi.ch:bec/debye-bec.git
 git clone git@$BEAMLINE_REPO
 
-module add psi-python38/2020.11
+module add psi-python39/2021.11
 
 # start redis
 docker run --network=host --name redis-bec -d redis
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@ source ./bin/install_bec_dev.sh
 cd ../
 # start the BEC server
 bec-server start --config ./debye-bec/deployment/bec-server-config.yaml
-
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bf71b83..ac2cfb3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers =
 package_dir =
     = .
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = .