diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/security-scan.yml
index 8b1cb4df..123750eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-scan.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - {python-version: '3.7' }
-          - {python-version: '3.11' }
+          - {python-version: '3.9' }
+          - {python-version: '3.12' }
     steps:
       - name: Git clone the repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index fbdb17f6..adea61b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
         include:
-          - {python-version: '3.7',  os: ubuntu-latest, dashboard: cudos }
-          - {python-version: '3.8',  os: macos-latest,  dashboard: cudos }
           - {python-version: '3.9',  os: ubuntu-latest, dashboard: cudos }
           - {python-version: '3.10', os: macos-latest,  dashboard: cudos }
+          - {python-version: '3.11', os: ubuntu-latest, dashboard: cudos }
+          - {python-version: '3.12', os: macos-latest,  dashboard: cudos }
     steps:
       - name: Git clone the repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/cid/common.py b/cid/common.py
index 58ede5ee..214e6c52 100644
--- a/cid/common.py
+++ b/cid/common.py
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
 from string import Template
 from typing import Dict
 from pkg_resources import resource_string
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    from importlib_metadata import entry_points
-else:
-    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 
 import yaml
 import click
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ede377ac..ac12ebc8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ classifiers =
     Development Status :: 4 - Beta
     License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
     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
 
 [options]
 include_package_data = True
 packages = find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     setuptools
-    boto3>=1.29.5
+    boto3>=1.34.70
     Click>=8.0
     PyYAML
     requests