diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
index f831c7642..e4142a204 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: Latest release
 
 env:
   CACHE_VERSION: 10
-  DEFAULT_PYTHON: "3.12"
+  DEFAULT_PYTHON: "3.13"
 
 # Only run on merges
 on:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index 279cbfd53..2923fa67a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: Latest commit
 
 env:
   CACHE_VERSION: 11
-  DEFAULT_PYTHON: "3.12"
+  DEFAULT_PYTHON: "3.13"
   PRE_COMMIT_HOME: ~/.cache/pre-commit
 
 on:
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: commitcheck
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.13", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - name: Check out committed code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: prepare-test-cache
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.13", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out committed code
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7225c16f2..6de7d59f9 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ci:
 
 default_language_version:
   # force all unspecified python hooks to run python3
-  python: python3.12
+  python: python3.13
 
 repos:
   # Run manually in CI skipping the branch checks
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8b9c73f3..666501d16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.6.1
+
+- Support python 3.13
+
 ## v1.6.0
 
 - New Feature: implement collection of location/zone data: Plugwise Adam thermostat representations are zone-based instead of device-based.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 67d8fb350..6121689c1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name            = "plugwise"
-version         = "1.6.0"
+version         = "1.6.1"
 license         = {file = "LICENSE"}
 description     = "Plugwise Smile (Adam/Anna/P1) and Stretch module for Python 3."
 readme          = "README.md"
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ classifiers     = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Topic :: Home Automation",
 ]
 authors = [
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ maintainers = [
         { name = "bouwew"},
         { name = "CoMPaTech" }
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.11.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.12.0"
 dependencies    = [
         "aiohttp",
         "defusedxml",
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ include-package-data = true
 include = ["plugwise*"]
 
 [tool.black]
-target-version = ["py312"]
+target-version = ["py313"]
 exclude = 'generated'
 
 [tool.isort]
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ norecursedirs = [
 ]
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.12"
+python_version = "3.13"
 show_error_codes = true
 follow_imports = "silent"
 ignore_missing_imports = true
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ omit= [
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py312"
+target-version = "py313"
 
 lint.select = [
     "B002", # Python does not support the unary prefix increment
diff --git a/scripts/python-venv.sh b/scripts/python-venv.sh
index 3cf811bba..bef499779 100755
--- a/scripts/python-venv.sh
+++ b/scripts/python-venv.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eu
 
-pyversions=(3.12)
+pyversions=(3.13 3.12)
 my_path=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 my_venv=${my_path}/venv