diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e59fed97..05b93f90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04]
         python-version:
-        - '3.8'
         - '3.11'
+        - '3.12'
         toxenv: [django42, quality, csslint, eslint, translations_validate]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index a8e10c33..8c5be905 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.12
 
       - name: Install pip
         run: pip install -r requirements/pip.txt
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6613249f..e4fe07fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version 5.0.0
+* Added python 3.12 support. Dropped python 3.8 support.
+
 ## Version 4.1.0
 * Added python 3.11 support. Dropped django32 support.
 
diff --git a/freetextresponse/__init__.py b/freetextresponse/__init__.py
index 653038d8..03994428 100644
--- a/freetextresponse/__init__.py
+++ b/freetextresponse/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 present in order for the student to receive credit.
 """
 
-__version__ = "4.1.0"
+__version__ = "5.0.0"
diff --git a/freetextresponse/mixins/fragment.py b/freetextresponse/mixins/fragment.py
index 584ff847..06671a2f 100644
--- a/freetextresponse/mixins/fragment.py
+++ b/freetextresponse/mixins/fragment.py
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@
 Note: We should resume test coverage for all lines in this file once
 split into its own library.
 """
-import pkg_resources
-
 from xblock.core import XBlock
 from web_fragments.fragment import Fragment
 
+try:
+    from xblock.utils.resources import ResourceLoader
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    # For backward compatibility with releases older than Quince.
+    from xblockutils.resources import ResourceLoader
+
+
+loader = ResourceLoader(__name__)
+
 
 class XBlockFragmentBuilderMixin(object):
     """
@@ -81,8 +88,7 @@ def build_fragment(
                 fragment.add_css_url(url)
             else:
                 item = '../public/' + item
-                data = pkg_resources.resource_string(__name__, item)
-                data = data.decode('utf8')
+                data = loader.load_unicode(item)
                 fragment.add_css(data)
         for item in js:
             item = 'public/' + item
diff --git a/freetextresponse/mixins/scenario.py b/freetextresponse/mixins/scenario.py
index 1382cf29..59c28ef0 100644
--- a/freetextresponse/mixins/scenario.py
+++ b/freetextresponse/mixins/scenario.py
@@ -1,56 +1,13 @@
 """
 Mixin workbench behavior into XBlocks
 """
-from glob import glob
-import pkg_resources
+try:
+    from xblock.utils.resources import ResourceLoader
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    from xblockutils.resources import ResourceLoader
 
 
-def _read_file(file_path):
-    """
-    Read in a file's contents
-    """
-    with open(file_path) as file_input:
-        file_contents = file_input.read()
-    return file_contents
-
-
-def _parse_title(file_path):
-    """
-    Parse a title from a file name
-    """
-    title = file_path
-    title = title.split('/')[-1]
-    title = '.'.join(title.split('.')[:-1])
-    title = ' '.join(title.split('-'))
-    title = ' '.join([
-        word.capitalize()
-        for word in title.split(' ')
-    ])
-    return title
-
-
-def _read_files(files):
-    """
-    Read the contents of a list of files
-    """
-    file_contents = [
-        (
-            _parse_title(file_path),
-            _read_file(file_path),
-        )
-        for file_path in files
-    ]
-    return file_contents
-
-
-def _find_files(directory):
-    """
-    Find XML files in the directory
-    """
-    pattern = f"{directory}/*.xml"
-
-    files = glob(pattern)
-    return files
+loader = ResourceLoader(__name__)
 
 
 class XBlockWorkbenchMixin(object):
@@ -63,9 +20,4 @@ def workbench_scenarios(cls):
         """
         Gather scenarios to be displayed in the workbench
         """
-        module = cls.__module__
-        module = module.split('.', maxsplit=1)[0]
-        directory = pkg_resources.resource_filename(module, 'scenarios')
-        files = _find_files(directory)
-        scenarios = _read_files(files)
-        return scenarios
+        return loader.load_scenarios_from_path("../scenarios")
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index fe392454..8e63fc09 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ appdirs==1.4.4
     # via fs
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via django
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   django
-django==4.2.11
+django==4.2.16
     # via
     #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.in
@@ -22,7 +18,7 @@ lxml==4.9.4
     # via
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   xblock
-mako==1.3.2
+mako==1.3.5
     # via xblock
 markupsafe==2.1.5
     # via
@@ -30,26 +26,24 @@ markupsafe==2.1.5
     #   xblock
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via xblock
-pytz==2024.1
+pytz==2024.2
     # via xblock
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via xblock
-simplejson==3.19.2
+simplejson==3.19.3
     # via xblock
 six==1.16.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.in
     #   fs
     #   python-dateutil
-sqlparse==0.4.4
+sqlparse==0.5.1
     # via django
-typing-extensions==4.10.0
-    # via asgiref
 web-fragments==2.2.0
     # via xblock
-webob==1.8.7
+webob==1.8.8
     # via xblock
-xblock==3.1.0
+xblock==5.1.0
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
diff --git a/requirements/ci.txt b/requirements/ci.txt
index 53fbcda7..41238bdc 100644
--- a/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
-cachetools==5.3.3
+cachetools==5.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/tox.txt
     #   tox
-certifi==2024.2.2
+certifi==2024.8.30
     # via requests
 chardet==5.2.0
     # via
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ colorama==0.4.6
     # via
     #   -r requirements/tox.txt
     #   tox
-coverage==6.5.0
+coverage[toml]==7.6.1
     # via coveralls
-coveralls==3.3.1
+coveralls==4.0.1
     # via -r requirements/ci.in
 distlib==0.3.8
     # via
@@ -30,43 +30,38 @@ distlib==0.3.8
     #   virtualenv
 docopt==0.6.2
     # via coveralls
-filelock==3.13.3
+filelock==3.16.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/tox.txt
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
-idna==3.6
+idna==3.8
     # via requests
-packaging==24.0
+packaging==24.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/tox.txt
     #   pyproject-api
     #   tox
-platformdirs==4.2.0
+platformdirs==4.3.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/tox.txt
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
-pluggy==1.4.0
+pluggy==1.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/tox.txt
     #   tox
-pyproject-api==1.6.1
+pyproject-api==1.7.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/tox.txt
     #   tox
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
     # via coveralls
-tomli==2.0.1
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/tox.txt
-    #   pyproject-api
-    #   tox
-tox==4.14.2
+tox==4.18.1
     # via -r requirements/tox.txt
-urllib3==2.2.1
+urllib3==2.2.2
     # via requests
-virtualenv==20.25.1
+virtualenv==20.26.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/tox.txt
     #   tox
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index cf449024..f313a9c2 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
-wheel==0.43.0
+wheel==0.44.0
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-pip==24.0
+pip==24.2
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
-setuptools==69.2.0
+setuptools==74.1.2
     # via -r requirements/pip.in
diff --git a/requirements/pip_tools.txt b/requirements/pip_tools.txt
index 4e1105e9..77d81ad2 100644
--- a/requirements/pip_tools.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip_tools.txt
@@ -1,34 +1,23 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
-build==1.2.1
+build==1.2.2
     # via pip-tools
 click==8.1.7
     # via pip-tools
-importlib-metadata==6.11.0
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
-    #   build
-packaging==24.0
+packaging==24.1
     # via build
 pip-tools==7.4.1
     # via -r requirements/pip_tools.in
-pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
-    # via
-    #   build
-    #   pip-tools
-tomli==2.0.1
+pyproject-hooks==1.1.0
     # via
     #   build
     #   pip-tools
-    #   pyproject-hooks
-wheel==0.43.0
+wheel==0.44.0
     # via pip-tools
-zipp==3.18.1
-    # via importlib-metadata
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # pip
diff --git a/requirements/quality.txt b/requirements/quality.txt
index 4918f026..1bf5cd07 100644
--- a/requirements/quality.txt
+++ b/requirements/quality.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
@@ -18,28 +18,22 @@ asgiref==3.8.1
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   django
-astroid==3.1.0
+astroid==3.2.4
     # via pylint
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   -r requirements/base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/test.txt
-    #   django
 binaryornot==0.4.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   cookiecutter
-boto3==1.34.77
+boto3==1.35.16
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   fs-s3fs
-botocore==1.34.77
+botocore==1.35.16
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
-certifi==2024.2.2
+certifi==2024.8.30
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   requests
@@ -59,13 +53,13 @@ cookiecutter==2.6.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   xblock-sdk
-coverage==7.4.4
+coverage==7.6.1
     # via -r requirements/test.txt
 ddt==1.7.2
     # via -r requirements/test.txt
 dill==0.3.8
     # via pylint
-django==4.2.11
+django==4.2.16
     # via
     #   -c requirements/common_constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
@@ -74,7 +68,11 @@ django==4.2.11
     #   xblock-sdk
 django-pyfs==3.2.0
     # via -r requirements/test.txt
-edx-opaque-keys==2.5.1
+dnspython==2.6.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/test.txt
+    #   pymongo
+edx-opaque-keys==2.11.0
     # via -r requirements/test.txt
 fs==2.4.16
     # via
@@ -88,13 +86,13 @@ fs-s3fs==1.1.1
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   django-pyfs
     #   xblock-sdk
-idna==3.6
+idna==3.8
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   requests
 isort==5.13.2
     # via pylint
-jinja2==3.1.3
+jinja2==3.1.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   cookiecutter
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ lxml==4.9.4
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   xblock
     #   xblock-sdk
-mako==1.3.2
+mako==1.3.5
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
@@ -136,21 +134,21 @@ mdurl==0.1.2
     #   markdown-it-py
 mock==5.1.0
     # via -r requirements/test.txt
-pbr==6.0.0
+pbr==6.1.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   stevedore
-platformdirs==4.2.0
+platformdirs==4.3.2
     # via pylint
-pycodestyle==2.11.1
+pycodestyle==2.12.1
     # via -r requirements/quality.in
-pygments==2.17.2
+pygments==2.18.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   rich
-pylint==3.1.0
+pylint==3.2.7
     # via -r requirements/quality.in
-pymongo==3.13.0
+pymongo==4.8.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   edx-opaque-keys
@@ -169,31 +167,31 @@ python-slugify==8.0.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   cookiecutter
-pytz==2024.1
+pytz==2024.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   xblock
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   cookiecutter
     #   xblock
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   cookiecutter
     #   xblock-sdk
-rich==13.7.1
+rich==13.8.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   cookiecutter
-s3transfer==0.10.1
+s3transfer==0.10.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   boto3
-simplejson==3.19.2
+simplejson==3.19.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
@@ -206,12 +204,12 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   fs
     #   fs-s3fs
     #   python-dateutil
-sqlparse==0.4.4
+sqlparse==0.5.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   django
-stevedore==5.2.0
+stevedore==5.3.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   edx-opaque-keys
@@ -219,24 +217,17 @@ text-unidecode==1.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   python-slugify
-tomli==2.0.1
-    # via pylint
-tomlkit==0.12.4
+tomlkit==0.13.2
     # via pylint
-types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240316
+types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240906
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   arrow
-typing-extensions==4.10.0
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
-    #   asgiref
-    #   astroid
     #   edx-opaque-keys
-    #   pylint
-    #   rich
-urllib3==1.26.18
+urllib3==2.2.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   botocore
@@ -247,18 +238,18 @@ web-fragments==2.2.0
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   xblock
     #   xblock-sdk
-webob==1.8.7
+webob==1.8.8
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   xblock
     #   xblock-sdk
-xblock==3.1.0
+xblock==5.1.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   xblock-sdk
-xblock-sdk==0.10.0
+xblock-sdk==0.12.0
     # via -r requirements/test.txt
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 65ebe452..a6c9728c 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
@@ -10,19 +10,15 @@ arrow==1.3.0
     # via cookiecutter
 asgiref==3.8.1
     # via django
-backports-zoneinfo==0.2.1 ; python_version < "3.9"
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
-    #   django
 binaryornot==0.4.4
     # via cookiecutter
-boto3==1.34.77
+boto3==1.35.16
     # via fs-s3fs
-botocore==1.34.77
+botocore==1.35.16
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
-certifi==2024.2.2
+certifi==2024.8.30
     # via requests
 chardet==5.2.0
     # via binaryornot
@@ -32,7 +28,7 @@ click==8.1.7
     # via cookiecutter
 cookiecutter==2.6.0
     # via xblock-sdk
-coverage==7.4.4
+coverage==7.6.1
     # via -r requirements/test.in
 ddt==1.7.2
     # via -r requirements/test.in
@@ -42,7 +38,9 @@ ddt==1.7.2
     #   xblock-sdk
 django-pyfs==3.2.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
-edx-opaque-keys==2.5.1
+dnspython==2.6.1
+    # via pymongo
+edx-opaque-keys==2.11.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
 fs==2.4.16
     # via
@@ -53,9 +51,9 @@ fs-s3fs==1.1.1
     # via
     #   django-pyfs
     #   xblock-sdk
-idna==3.6
+idna==3.8
     # via requests
-jinja2==3.1.3
+jinja2==3.1.4
     # via cookiecutter
 jmespath==1.0.1
     # via
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ lxml==4.9.4
     #   -c requirements/constraints.txt
     #   xblock
     #   xblock-sdk
-mako==1.3.2
+mako==1.3.5
     # via xblock
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
@@ -81,11 +79,11 @@ mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
 mock==5.1.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
-pbr==6.0.0
+pbr==6.1.0
     # via stevedore
-pygments==2.17.2
+pygments==2.18.0
     # via rich
-pymongo==3.13.0
+pymongo==4.8.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 pypng==0.20220715.0
     # via xblock-sdk
@@ -96,21 +94,21 @@ python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     #   xblock
 python-slugify==8.0.4
     # via cookiecutter
-pytz==2024.1
+pytz==2024.2
     # via xblock
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
     #   cookiecutter
     #   xblock
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
     # via
     #   cookiecutter
     #   xblock-sdk
-rich==13.7.1
+rich==13.8.1
     # via cookiecutter
-s3transfer==0.10.1
+s3transfer==0.10.2
     # via boto3
-simplejson==3.19.2
+simplejson==3.19.3
     # via
     #   xblock
     #   xblock-sdk
@@ -119,20 +117,17 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   fs
     #   fs-s3fs
     #   python-dateutil
-sqlparse==0.4.4
+sqlparse==0.5.1
     # via django
-stevedore==5.2.0
+stevedore==5.3.0
     # via edx-opaque-keys
 text-unidecode==1.3
     # via python-slugify
-types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240316
+types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240906
     # via arrow
-typing-extensions==4.10.0
-    # via
-    #   asgiref
-    #   edx-opaque-keys
-    #   rich
-urllib3==1.26.18
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via edx-opaque-keys
+urllib3==2.2.2
     # via
     #   botocore
     #   requests
@@ -140,13 +135,13 @@ web-fragments==2.2.0
     # via
     #   xblock
     #   xblock-sdk
-webob==1.8.7
+webob==1.8.8
     # via
     #   xblock
     #   xblock-sdk
-xblock==3.1.0
+xblock==5.1.0
     # via xblock-sdk
-xblock-sdk==0.10.0
+xblock-sdk==0.12.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
diff --git a/requirements/tox.txt b/requirements/tox.txt
index cc5293d6..c6769e27 100644
--- a/requirements/tox.txt
+++ b/requirements/tox.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
 #
-cachetools==5.3.3
+cachetools==5.5.0
     # via tox
 chardet==5.2.0
     # via tox
@@ -12,27 +12,23 @@ colorama==0.4.6
     # via tox
 distlib==0.3.8
     # via virtualenv
-filelock==3.13.3
+filelock==3.16.0
     # via
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
-packaging==24.0
+packaging==24.1
     # via
     #   pyproject-api
     #   tox
-platformdirs==4.2.0
+platformdirs==4.3.2
     # via
     #   tox
     #   virtualenv
-pluggy==1.4.0
+pluggy==1.5.0
     # via tox
-pyproject-api==1.6.1
+pyproject-api==1.7.1
     # via tox
-tomli==2.0.1
-    # via
-    #   pyproject-api
-    #   tox
-tox==4.14.2
+tox==4.18.1
     # via -r requirements/tox.in
-virtualenv==20.25.1
+virtualenv==20.26.4
     # via tox
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cc0fc0fb..92dfb441 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ def is_requirement(line):
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: JavaScript',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
         'Framework :: Django',
         'Framework :: Django :: 4.2',
         'Topic :: Education',