diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 239f359d..14b944f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 prefix := /var/www/workflow
-PYTHON_VERSION:=3.10
+PYTHON_VERSION:=3.12
 
 # these are defined here because I couldn't figure out how to evaluate the commands
 # during target execution rather then when make parses the file
diff --git a/conda_development.yml b/conda_development.yml
index 04b773ff..dc8443a9 100644
--- a/conda_development.yml
+++ b/conda_development.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ dependencies:
   - flake8
   - python-dotenv
   - python-build
-  - pytest<7
-  - pytest-django<4.6
+  - pytest
+  - pytest-django
   - pytest-cov
   - pre-commit
   - sphinx
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ dependencies:
   - lxml
   - wheel
   - check-wheel-contents
-  - pytest-pythonpath
diff --git a/conda_environment.yml b/conda_environment.yml
index 0014e537..4638e171 100644
--- a/conda_environment.yml
+++ b/conda_environment.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - oncat
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.10
+  - python=3.12
   - django=4.2
   - gunicorn
   - httplib2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 53b2de09..fa467650 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ignore = E722, W504, W503
 max-line-length = 120
 
 [tool:pytest]
-python_paths = src/ src/dasmon_app src/webmon_app src/workflow_app
+pythonpath = src/ src/dasmon_app src/webmon_app src/workflow_app
 
 [coverage:run]
 source = src
diff --git a/src/webmon_app/docker-entrypoint.sh b/src/webmon_app/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 43683edd..2742c47b 100755
--- a/src/webmon_app/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/src/webmon_app/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-MANAGE_PY_WEBMON="/opt/conda/lib/python3.10/site-packages/reporting/manage.py"
+MANAGE_PY_WEBMON="/opt/conda/lib/python3.12/site-packages/reporting/manage.py"
 
 # wait for postgress to be available
 until PGPASSWORD=${DATABASE_PASS} psql -h "${DATABASE_HOST}" -U "${DATABASE_USER}" -d "${DATABASE_NAME}" -c '\q'; do