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+Use prerelease version of CFFI for Python 3.13 testing
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-cffi @ https://github.com/python-cffi/cffi/archive/refs/heads/main.zip ; python_version > "3.12" # Temporary workaround for Python 3.13 until next CFFI release
+cffi >= 1.17.0rc1 ; python_version > "3.12" # Temporary workaround for Python 3.13 until final CFFI release
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