diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6aff93e..de590f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         include:
+          - {name: '3.12', python: '3.12', os: ubuntu-20.04, tox: py312}
           - {name: '3.11', python: '3.11', os: ubuntu-20.04, tox: py311}
           - {name: '3.10', python: '3.10', os: ubuntu-20.04, tox: py310}
           - {name: '3.9', python: '3.9', os: ubuntu-20.04, tox: py39}
diff --git a/pytesseract/pytesseract.py b/pytesseract/pytesseract.py
index aee9306..37837f4 100644
--- a/pytesseract/pytesseract.py
+++ b/pytesseract/pytesseract.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from os.path import normcase
 from os.path import normpath
 from os.path import realpath
-from pkgutil import find_loader
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from time import sleep
 from typing import List
@@ -32,14 +31,20 @@
 
 tesseract_cmd = 'tesseract'
 
-numpy_installed = find_loader('numpy') is not None
-if numpy_installed:
+try:
     from numpy import ndarray
 
-pandas_installed = find_loader('pandas') is not None
-if pandas_installed:
+    numpy_installed = True
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    numpy_installed = False
+
+try:
     import pandas as pd
 
+    pandas_installed = True
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pandas_installed = False
+
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger('pytesseract')
 
 DEFAULT_ENCODING = 'utf-8'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cdd8405..7145d1e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
     Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
     Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy