diff --git a/.ci/build_wheels.sh b/.ci/build_wheels.sh
index 4539c444..16ab8260 100755
--- a/.ci/build_wheels.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_wheels.sh
@@ -5,23 +5,7 @@ set -e -x
 
 # build based on python version from args
 PYTHON_VERSION="$1"
-case $PYTHON_VERSION in
-3.7)
-  PYBIN="/opt/python/cp37-cp37m/bin"
-  ;;
-3.8)
-  PYBIN="/opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin"
-  ;;
-3.9)
-  PYBIN="/opt/python/cp39-cp39/bin"
-  ;;
-3.10)
-  PYBIN="/opt/python/cp310-cp310/bin"
-  ;;
-3.11)
-  PYBIN="/opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin"
-  ;;
-esac
+PYBIN="/opt/python/cp${PYTHON_VERSION//.}-cp${PYTHON_VERSION//.}/bin"
 
 # build, don't install
 cd io
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
index 22ddc869..2177837d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing-and-deployment.yml
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and Test
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
 
     steps:
@@ -131,8 +132,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.16.2
-        with:
-            python-version: 3.8 - 3.11
 
       - name: List generated wheels
         run: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f53967e2..1b18ab20 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 requires = [
-    "cython==3.0.0b2",
+    "cython==3.0.5",
     "oldest-supported-numpy",
     "setuptools>=45.0",
     "wheel>=0.37.0",