diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 519e3775d..67f5f6ff8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -126,12 +126,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
     steps:
       - uses: ansys/actions/build-wheelhouse@v5
         with:
           library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
-          library-namespace: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMESPACE }}
           operating-system: ${{ matrix.os }}
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -238,4 +237,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cname: ${{ env.DOCUMENTATION_CNAME }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
diff --git a/doc/source/getting-started/index.rst b/doc/source/getting-started/index.rst
index 98f9e43a8..8f7835dd8 100644
--- a/doc/source/getting-started/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/getting-started/index.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Both these modules are gRPC enabled and hence need to be run using server-client
 
 Install the client
 ------------------
-The ``ansys.dyna.core`` package supports Python 3.8 through
-Python 3.11 on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
+The ``ansys.dyna.core`` package supports Python 3.9 through
+Python 3.12 on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
 
 You should consider installing PyDYNA in a virtual environment.
 For more information, see Python's
@@ -66,18 +66,18 @@ PyDYNA by downloading the wheelhouse archive for your corresponding machine
 architecture from the `Releases Page <https://github.com/pyansys/pydyna/releases>`_.
 
 Each wheelhouse archive contains all the Python wheels necessary to install
-PyDYNA from scratch on Windows and Linux for Python 3.8 through 3.11. You can install
+PyDYNA from scratch on Windows and Linux for Python 3.9 through 3.12. You can install
 PyDYNA on an isolated system with a fresh Python installation or on a virtual environment.
 
-For example, on Linux with Python 3.8, unzip the wheelhouse archive and install PyDYNA
+For example, on Linux with Python 3.9, unzip the wheelhouse archive and install PyDYNA
 with these commands:
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    unzip ansys-dyna-core-v0.3.dev0-wheelhouse-Linux-3.8.zip -d wheelhouse
+    unzip ansys-dyna-core-v0.3.dev0-wheelhouse-Linux-3.9.zip -d wheelhouse
     pip install ansys-dyna-core -f wheelhouse --no-index --upgrade --ignore-installed
 
-If you're on Windows with Python 3.8, unzip the wheelhouse archive to a ``wheelhouse``
+If you're on Windows with Python 3.9, unzip the wheelhouse archive to a ``wheelhouse``
 directory and install PyDYNA using the preceding command.
 
 Run PyDYNA Server locally 
diff --git a/docker/pre/Dockerfile b/docker/pre/Dockerfile
index 799b84744..274d204d3 100644
--- a/docker/pre/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/pre/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Pydyna-pre service Linux-based Dockerfile
 
-FROM python:3.8-slim-buster
+FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
 
 # Define the working directory
 WORKDIR /server
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fa1f96c26..db8ace8ac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ name = "ansys-dyna-core"
 version = "0.4.dev0"
 description = "Python interface to LS-DYNA Service"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8,<4"
-license = {file = "LICENSE"}
-authors = [{name = "ANSYS, Inc.", email = "pyansys.core@ansys.com"}]
-maintainers = [{name = "ANSYS, Inc.", email = "pyansys.core@ansys.com"}]
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<4"
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+authors = [{ name = "ANSYS, Inc.", email = "pyansys.core@ansys.com" }]
+maintainers = [{ name = "ANSYS, Inc.", email = "pyansys.core@ansys.com" }]
 keywords = ["Ansys", "LS-DYNA", "gRPC"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "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",
 ]
 
-dependencies = [
-    "ansys-dpf-core>=0.7.2",
-    "ansys-api-dyna==0.3.5",
-]
+dependencies = ["ansys-dpf-core>=0.7.2", "ansys-api-dyna==0.3.5"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = [
@@ -99,6 +96,4 @@ show_missing = true
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 minversion = "7.1"
 addopts = "-ra --cov=ansys.dyna.core --cov-report html:.cov/html --cov-report xml:.cov/xml --cov-report term -vv"
-testpaths = [
-    "tests",
-]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
diff --git a/src/ansys/dyna/core/pre/dynalogging.py b/src/ansys/dyna/core/pre/dynalogging.py
index 95df65a6b..6cf67e4fb 100644
--- a/src/ansys/dyna/core/pre/dynalogging.py
+++ b/src/ansys/dyna/core/pre/dynalogging.py
@@ -241,11 +241,7 @@ def __init__(
         validate=True,
         defaults=None,
     ):
-        if sys.version_info[1] < 8:
-            super().__init__(fmt, datefmt, style)
-        else:
-            # 3.8: The validate parameter was added
-            super().__init__(fmt, datefmt, style, validate)
+        super().__init__(fmt, datefmt, style, validate)
         self._style = PymapdlPercentStyle(fmt, defaults=defaults)  # overwriting
 
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c4bd7b0db..9a92146f1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ isolated_build_env = build
 [testenv]
 description = Checks for project testing with desired extras
 basepython =
-    tests38: python3.8
     tests39: python3.9
     test310: python3.10
     test311: python3.11
+    test312: python3.12
     {style,tests,doc}: python3
 passenv = *
 setenv =