diff --git a/common/environment/setup/python.sh b/common/environment/setup/python.sh
index 606a4bc6f9a8a2..ab5c47d52847b1 100644
--- a/common/environment/setup/python.sh
+++ b/common/environment/setup/python.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ py2_lib="usr/lib/python${py2_ver}"
 py2_sitelib="${py2_lib}/site-packages"
 py2_inc="usr/include/python${py2_ver}"
 
-py3_ver="3.11"
+py3_ver="3.12"
 py3_abiver=""
 py3_lib="usr/lib/python${py3_ver}"
 py3_sitelib="${py3_lib}/site-packages"
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-configure/02-script-wrapper.sh b/common/hooks/pre-configure/02-script-wrapper.sh
index beaec6ee8af2a5..81e7b7bd2ee2fb 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-configure/02-script-wrapper.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-configure/02-script-wrapper.sh
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ hook() {
 	generic_wrapper3 libetpan-config
 	generic_wrapper3 giblib-config
 	python_wrapper python-config 2.7
-	python_wrapper python3-config 3.11
+	python_wrapper python3-config 3.12
 	apr_apu_wrapper apr-1-config
 	apr_apu_wrapper apu-1-config
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template b/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
index f4f5e3d9c97acb..8e9f5e0c5527d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-tkinter/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 _desc="Python programming language"
 
 pkgname=python3-tkinter
-version=3.11.5
+version=3.12.0rc3
 revision=1
 build_style="gnu-configure"
 configure_args="--enable-shared --enable-ipv6 --enable-optimizations
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ short_desc="${_desc} - GUI toolkit for Python3"
 maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 homepage="https://www.python.org"
 license="Python-2.0"
-distfiles="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=85cd12e9cf1d6d5a45f17f7afe1cebe7ee628d3282281c492e86adf636defa3f
+distfiles="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version%rc*}/Python-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=96397e891e98802b1d399dee3ceaeb9bcf0aa2566c8a7b1cce4d0196c277506a
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" python3"
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 fi
 
 post_extract() {
-	# Ensure that internal copies of expat and libffi are not used.
+	# Ensure that the internal copy of expat is not used
 	rm -r Modules/expat
-	rm -r Modules/_ctypes/{darwin,libffi}*
 }
 
 post_patch() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3/template b/srcpkgs/python3/template
index a0e146d0e218ae..3241aea17caa45 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # THIS PACKAGE MUST BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH "srcpkgs/python3-tkinter".
 #
 pkgname=python3
-version=3.11.5
+version=3.12.0rc3
 revision=1
 build_style="gnu-configure"
 configure_args="--enable-shared --enable-ipv6 --enable-optimizations
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ license="Python-2.0"
 homepage="https://www.python.org"
 _bluez="bluez-5.64"
 distfiles="
- https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.xz
+ https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version%rc*}/Python-${version}.tar.xz
  ${KERNEL_SITE}/bluetooth/${_bluez}.tar.xz
 "
-checksum="85cd12e9cf1d6d5a45f17f7afe1cebe7ee628d3282281c492e86adf636defa3f
+checksum="96397e891e98802b1d399dee3ceaeb9bcf0aa2566c8a7b1cce4d0196c277506a
  ae437e65b6b3070c198bc5b0109fe9cdeb9eaa387380e2072f9de65fe8a1de34"
 skip_extraction="${_bluez}.tar.xz"
 
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 fi
 
 post_extract() {
-	# Ensure that internal copies of expat and libffi are not used
-	rm -rf Modules/expat
-	rm -rf Modules/_ctypes/{darwin,libffi}*
+	# Ensure that the internal copy of expat is not used
+	rm -r Modules/expat
 
 	# Extract Bluetooth headers
 	local _srcdistdir="${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${sourcepkg}-${version}"