diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 44157ceb9..e99fe2ae1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-13, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         exclude:
           - os: windows-latest
             python-version: "3.11"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 94f22fb7d..fe9789c23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up python
         uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # 5.3.0
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install black nbdev==2.3.25 pre-commit
diff --git a/neuralforecast/__init__.py b/neuralforecast/__init__.py
index 31c3dfecf..d41a68cb9 100644
--- a/neuralforecast/__init__.py
+++ b/neuralforecast/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.0.1"
+__version__ = "3.0.0"
 __all__ = ['NeuralForecast']
 from .core import NeuralForecast
 from .common._base_model import DistributedConfig  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ebfce57f..5a56654f8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py38"
+target-version = "py39"
 line-length = 88
 # Enable Pyflakes `E` and `F` codes by default.
 lint.select = [
diff --git a/settings.ini b/settings.ini
index a708d6cfa..4bab3880f 100644
--- a/settings.ini
+++ b/settings.ini
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ author = Nixtla
 author_email = business@nixtla.io
 copyright = Nixtla Inc.
 branch = main
-version = 2.0.1
-min_python = 3.8
+version = 3.0.0
+min_python = 3.9
 audience = Developers
 language = English
 custom_sidebar = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c034465d..280e9ddb1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 }
 statuses = [ '1 - Planning', '2 - Pre-Alpha', '3 - Alpha',
     '4 - Beta', '5 - Production/Stable', '6 - Mature', '7 - Inactive' ]
-py_versions = '3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11'.split()
+py_versions = '3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12'.split()
 
 requirements = cfg.get('requirements','').split()
 aws_requirements = cfg['aws_requirements'].split()