diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 3f82aaa0dc3..ae0f0db498f 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This checklist is for your information.
 - [ ] Bugfixes should be submitted against the `bugfix` branch.
 - [ ] Give a meaningful name to your PR, as it may end up being used in the release notes.
 - [ ] Your code is flake8 compliant.
-- [ ] Your code is python 3.11 compliant.
+- [ ] Your code is python 3.12 compliant.
 - [ ] If this is a new feature and not a bug fix, you've included the proper documentation in the docs at https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/tree/dev/docs as part of this PR.
 - [ ] Model changes must include the necessary migrations in the dojo/db_migrations folder.
 - [ ] Add applicable tests to the unit tests.
diff --git a/Dockerfile.django-alpine b/Dockerfile.django-alpine
index 643492d6b55..68f6026cfea 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.django-alpine
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Dockerfile.nginx to use the caching mechanism of Docker.
 
 # Ref: https://devguide.python.org/#branchstatus
-FROM python:3.11.13-alpine3.22@sha256:8d8c6d3808243160605925c2a7ab2dc5c72d0e75651699b0639143613e0855b8 AS base
+FROM python:3.12.11-alpine3.22@sha256:02a73ead8397e904cea6d17e18516f1df3590e05dc8823bd5b1c7f849227d272 AS base
 FROM base AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.django-debian b/Dockerfile.django-debian
index 6b1c4a21f1e..16a92d4223f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django-debian
+++ b/Dockerfile.django-debian
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Dockerfile.nginx to use the caching mechanism of Docker.
 
 # Ref: https://devguide.python.org/#branchstatus
-FROM python:3.11.13-slim-trixie@sha256:1d6131b5d479888b43200645e03a78443c7157efbdb730e6b48129740727c312 AS base
+FROM python:3.12.11-slim-trixie@sha256:d67a7b66b989ad6b6d6b10d428dcc5e0bfc3e5f88906e67d490c4d3daac57047 AS base
 FROM base AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.integration-tests-debian b/Dockerfile.integration-tests-debian
index 4db20eb53e4..a9b7f9d9034 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.integration-tests-debian
+++ b/Dockerfile.integration-tests-debian
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 FROM openapitools/openapi-generator-cli:v7.15.0@sha256:509f01c3c7eee9d1ad286506a7b6aa4624a95b410be9a238a306d209e900621f AS openapitools
 # currently only supports x64, no arm yet due to chrome and selenium dependencies
-FROM python:3.11.13-slim-trixie@sha256:1d6131b5d479888b43200645e03a78443c7157efbdb730e6b48129740727c312 AS build
+FROM python:3.12.11-slim-trixie@sha256:d67a7b66b989ad6b6d6b10d428dcc5e0bfc3e5f88906e67d490c4d3daac57047 AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
   apt-get -y update && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
index 54eefe0d2ba..93bfdfd1f19 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 # Dockerfile.django-alpine to use the caching mechanism of Docker.
 
 # Ref: https://devguide.python.org/#branchstatus
-FROM python:3.11.13-alpine3.22@sha256:8d8c6d3808243160605925c2a7ab2dc5c72d0e75651699b0639143613e0855b8 AS base
-
+FROM python:3.12.11-alpine3.22@sha256:02a73ead8397e904cea6d17e18516f1df3590e05dc8823bd5b1c7f849227d272 AS base
 FROM base AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN \
diff --git a/dojo/jira_link/views.py b/dojo/jira_link/views.py
index 24161edf7d6..75949aec7bf 100644
--- a/dojo/jira_link/views.py
+++ b/dojo/jira_link/views.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ def post(self, request):
             create_notification(
                 event="jira_config_added",
                 title=f"New addition of JIRA: {jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}",
-                description=f"JIRA \"{jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}\" was added by {request.user}",
+                description=f'JIRA "{jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}" was added by {request.user}',
                 url=request.build_absolute_uri(reverse("jira")))
 
             return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("jira"))
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def post(self, request):
             create_notification(
                 event="jira_config_added",
                 title=f"New addition of JIRA: {jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}",
-                description=f"JIRA \"{jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}\" was added by {request.user}",
+                description=f'JIRA "{jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}" was added by {request.user}',
                 url=request.build_absolute_uri(reverse("jira")))
 
             return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("jira"))
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def post(self, request, jid=None):
             create_notification(
                 event="jira_config_edited",
                 title=f"Edit of JIRA: {jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}",
-                description=f"JIRA \"{jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}\" was edited by {request.user}",
+                description=f'JIRA "{jform.cleaned_data.get('configuration_name')}" was edited by {request.user}',
                 url=request.build_absolute_uri(reverse("jira")))
 
             return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("jira"))
diff --git a/dojo/metrics/utils.py b/dojo/metrics/utils.py
index cf3e2813e13..eac3a4adba5 100644
--- a/dojo/metrics/utils.py
+++ b/dojo/metrics/utils.py
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def get_date_range(
     return start_date, end_date
 
 
-def severity_count(
+def severity_count[MetricsQuerySet: (QuerySet[Finding], QuerySet[Endpoint_Status])](
     queryset: MetricsQuerySet,
     method: str,
     expression: str,
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ def js_epoch(
     return int(d.timestamp()) * 1000
 
 
-def get_charting_data(
+def get_charting_data[MetricsQuerySet: (QuerySet[Finding], QuerySet[Endpoint_Status])](
     qs: MetricsQuerySet,
     start_date: date,
     period: MetricsPeriod,
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ def period_deltas(start_date, end_date):
     return weeks_between, months_between
 
 
-def aggregate_counts_by_period(
+def aggregate_counts_by_period[MetricsQuerySet: (QuerySet[Finding], QuerySet[Endpoint_Status])](
     qs: MetricsQuerySet,
     period: MetricsPeriod,
     metrics_type: MetricsType,
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ def get_closed_in_period_details(
     )
 
 
-def findings_queryset(
+def findings_queryset[MetricsQuerySet: (QuerySet[Finding], QuerySet[Endpoint_Status])](
     qs: MetricsQuerySet,
 ) -> QuerySet[Finding]:
     """
diff --git a/readme-docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/readme-docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 18385affb85..e440f498c07 100644
--- a/readme-docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/readme-docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Please use [these test scripts](../tests) to test your changes. These are the sc
 For changes that require additional settings, you can now use local_settings.py file. See the logging section below for more information.
 
 ## Python3 Version
-For compatibility reasons, the code in dev branch should be python3.11 compliant.
+For compatibility reasons, the code in dev branch should be python3.12 compliant.
 
 ## Database migrations
 When changes are made to the database model, a database migration is needed. This migration can be generated using something like
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ DefectDojo.
 
 0. Pull requests should be submitted to the `dev` or `bugfix` branch.
 
-0. In dev branch, the code should be python 3.11 compliant.
+0. In dev branch, the code should be python 3.12 compliant.
 
 [dojo_settings]: /dojo/settings/settings.dist.py "DefectDojo settings file"
 [pep8]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ "PEP8"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index af282864d6f..0e9f5824f72 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ fontawesomefree==6.6.0
 PyYAML==6.0.2
 pyopenssl==25.1.0
 parameterized==0.9.0
+setuptools==80.9.0
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 9398b76e7e2..273ff180496 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Always generate Python 3.11-compatible code.
-target-version = "py311"
+# Always generate Python 3.12-compatible code.
+target-version = "py312"
 
 # Same as Black.
 line-length = 120