diff --git a/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
index 9a24941bdc..bdf13de1f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c_actions.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         repository: SpiNNakerManchester/SupportScripts
         path: support
-    - name: Set up Python 3.8
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
       # Note: Python is needed for spinn_utilities.make_tools when building
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.12
     - name: Install Ubuntu dependencies
       uses: ./support/actions/apt-get-install
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
index 60b8fb67f4..e71eff045d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./support/actions/pytest
       with:
         tests: unittests
-        coverage: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.8 }}
+        coverage: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.12 }}
         cover-packages: ${{ env.BASE_PKG }}
         coveralls-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8"]
+        python-version: [3.12]
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         base-path: ${{ env.BASE_PKG }}
 
-    - name: Build documentation with sphinx (3.8 only)
+    - name: Build documentation with sphinx (3.12 only)
       uses: ./support/actions/sphinx
       with:
         directory: doc/source
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index f01eed8930..7119f34e0c 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 spinnaker_doc_version = "latest"
 
 intersphinx_mapping = {
-    'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3.8', None),
+    'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3.12', None),
     'numpy': ("https://numpy.org/doc/1.20/", None),
     'matplotlib': ('https://matplotlib.org', None),
     'pynn': ("https://neuralensemble.github.io/docs/PyNN/", None),
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1f551380a8..10233fa2f6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ classifiers =
         Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
         Operating System :: MacOS
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-        Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+        Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
 maintainer = SpiNNakerTeam
 maintainer_email = spinnakerusers@googlegroups.com
 keywords =
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ keywords =
         pynn
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.7, <4
+python_requires = >=3.8, <4
 packages = find:
 zip_safe = True
 include_package_data = True
@@ -51,13 +51,9 @@ install_requires =
         matplotlib
         pyparsing>=2.2.1,<3.0.0
         quantities
-        pynn >= 0.11, != 0.12.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-        neo; python_version >= '3.8'
-        lazyarray; python_version >= '3.8'
-        # python 3.7 is no longer officially supported
-        pynn >= 0.9.1, < 0.10.0; python_version == '3.7'
-        neo >= 0.5.2, < 0.10.0; python_version == '3.7'
-        lazyarray >= 0.2.9, <= 0.4.0; python_version == '3.7'
+        pynn >= 0.11, != 0.12.0
+        neo
+        lazyarray
         # below may fail for read the docs
         scipy
         csa
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bb8feb390a..3592e5ffd8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import distutils.dir_util
 from setuptools import setup
+import shutil
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
         this_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
         build_dir = os.path.join(this_dir, "build")
         if os.path.isdir(build_dir):
-            distutils.dir_util.remove_tree(build_dir)
+            shutil.rmtree(build_dir)
         egg_dir = os.path.join(this_dir, "sPyNNaker.egg-info")
         if os.path.isdir(egg_dir):
-            distutils.dir_util.remove_tree(egg_dir)
+            shutil.rmtree(egg_dir)
     setup()
diff --git a/spynnaker/pyNN/models/neural_projections/connectors/pool_dense_connector.py b/spynnaker/pyNN/models/neural_projections/connectors/pool_dense_connector.py
index 7e1af06728..286d0c54d3 100644
--- a/spynnaker/pyNN/models/neural_projections/connectors/pool_dense_connector.py
+++ b/spynnaker/pyNN/models/neural_projections/connectors/pool_dense_connector.py
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
-from collections.abc import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Sized
 import numpy
 from numpy import integer, floating, float64, uint16, uint32
 from numpy.typing import ArrayLike, NDArray
 from pyNN.random import RandomDistribution
 from typing import (
-    Optional, Tuple, Union, cast, TYPE_CHECKING, Sized)
+    Optional, Tuple, Union, cast, TYPE_CHECKING)
 from spinn_utilities.overrides import overrides
 from pacman.model.graphs.common import Slice
 from spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants import (
diff --git a/spynnaker/pyNN/models/spike_source/spike_source_poisson_machine_vertex.py b/spynnaker/pyNN/models/spike_source/spike_source_poisson_machine_vertex.py
index 7854a52970..b7d5409edc 100644
--- a/spynnaker/pyNN/models/spike_source/spike_source_poisson_machine_vertex.py
+++ b/spynnaker/pyNN/models/spike_source/spike_source_poisson_machine_vertex.py
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 from __future__ import annotations
+from collections.abc import Sized
 from enum import IntEnum
 import numpy
 from numpy import uint16, uint32
 import struct
 from typing import (
-    Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Sized, TypeVar, Union,
+    Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, TypeVar, Union,
     cast, TYPE_CHECKING)
 
 from spinn_utilities.overrides import overrides
diff --git a/spynnaker/pyNN/models/spike_source/spike_source_poisson_vertex.py b/spynnaker/pyNN/models/spike_source/spike_source_poisson_vertex.py
index 7180edb9a4..8216acf70a 100644
--- a/spynnaker/pyNN/models/spike_source/spike_source_poisson_vertex.py
+++ b/spynnaker/pyNN/models/spike_source/spike_source_poisson_vertex.py
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from __future__ import annotations
 from collections.abc import Sequence as Seq
+from collections.abc import Sized
 import logging
 import math
 from typing import (
-    Any, Collection, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Sized, Tuple, Union,
+    Any, Collection, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union,
     cast, TYPE_CHECKING)
 from typing_extensions import TypeGuard
 import numpy
diff --git a/spynnaker/pyNN/setup_pynn.py b/spynnaker/pyNN/setup_pynn.py
index a60dcfff9d..58a0f1d256 100644
--- a/spynnaker/pyNN/setup_pynn.py
+++ b/spynnaker/pyNN/setup_pynn.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import os
 # TODO: switch to packaging.version
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion as Version  # pylint: disable=all
+from packaging.version import Version
 import pyNN
 
 # The version of PyNN that we really want