diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-project/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-project/action.yml
index f653ba932..8414ae728 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-project/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-project/action.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ runs:
         sudo apt-get update \
         && sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         libcurl4-openssl-dev
-    - name: Set up Python 3.12.2
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12.7
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "3.12.2"
+        python-version: "3.12.7"
     - name: Install poetry
       shell: bash
       run: pip install poetry==2.1.3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f090b6eac..d8cedf9c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -260,12 +260,12 @@ git clone git@github.com:GSA/notifications-api.git
 
 Now go into the project directory (`notifications-api` by default), create a
 virtual environment, and set the local Python version to point to the virtual
-environment (assumes version Python `3.12.2` is what is installed on your
+environment (assumes version Python `3.12.7` is what is installed on your
 machine):
 
 ```sh
 cd notifications-api
-pyenv virtualenv 3.12.2 notify-api
+pyenv virtualenv 3.12.7 notify-api
 pyenv local notify-api
 ```
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ environment with the newer version of Python you just installed:
 
 ```sh
 cd notifications-api
-pyenv virtualenv 3.12.2 notify-api
+pyenv virtualenv 3.12.7 notify-api
 pyenv local notify-api
 ```
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e020621e8..cd82fa195 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiohappyeyeballs"
@@ -5562,5 +5562,5 @@ cffi = ["cffi (>=1.11)"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
-python-versions = "^3.12.2"
-content-hash = "93ccf6e11b76f9dd5ffa82aabc0b9f5405d171fd22d4ee4c65843e60f0d2d547"
+python-versions = "^3.12.7"
+content-hash = "2583570a9d5438a72e080f911f3d67b81e115172a3cf4e2b57e5e025c8416b0e"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 04ae1c0b1..7468da3a5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.12.2"
+python = "^3.12.7"
 alembic = "==1.16.2"
 amqp = "==5.3.1"
 beautifulsoup4 = "==4.13.4"