diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
index 1fd1268d..a971fe91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix: # may support pypy in the future
-        python-version: [ "3.7-slim", "3.8-slim", "3.9-slim", "3.10-slim", "3.11-slim" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.7-slim", "3.8-slim", "3.9-slim", "3.10-slim", "3.11-slim", "3.12-slim" ]
       fail-fast: false
     env:
       BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
         test-path: ${{fromJson(needs.prep-plugin-and-unit-tests.outputs.matrix)}}
       fail-fast: false
     env:
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-image-variant: [ "3.7-slim", "3.8-slim", "3.9-slim", "3.10-slim", "3.11-slim" ]
+        python-image-variant: [ "3.7-slim", "3.8-slim", "3.9-slim", "3.10-slim", "3.11-slim", "3.12-slim" ]
       fail-fast: false
     env:
       BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.python-image-variant }}
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-image-variant: [ "3.7-slim", "3.8-slim", "3.9-slim", "3.10-slim", "3.11-slim" ]
+        python-image-variant: [ "3.7-slim", "3.8-slim", "3.9-slim", "3.10-slim", "3.11-slim", "3.12-slim" ]
         case:
           - name: gRPC-single-process
             path: tests/e2e/case/grpc/single/e2e.yaml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 408d42b8..36dc5810 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: env
 env: poetry gen
+	poetry lock --no-update
 	poetry install --all-extras
 	poetry run pip install --upgrade pip
 
diff --git a/docker/Makefile b/docker/Makefile
index c900c8bc..d2b14ff0 100644
--- a/docker/Makefile
+++ b/docker/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ D := docker
 
 P := grpc http kafka
 
-TARGETS := py3.7 py3.8 py3.9 py3.10 py3.7-slim py3.8-slim py3.9-slim py3.10-slim
+TARGETS := py3.7 py3.8 py3.9 py3.10 py3.7-slim py3.8-slim py3.9-slim py3.10-slim py3.11-slim py3.12-slim
 
 py3.7: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.7
 py3.8: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.8
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ py3.8-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.8-slim
 py3.9-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.9-slim
 py3.10-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.10-slim
 py3.11-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.11-slim
+py3.12-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.12-slim
 
 push-py3.7: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.7
 push-py3.8: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.8
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ push-py3.8-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.8-slim
 push-py3.9-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.9-slim
 push-py3.10-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.10-slim
 push-py3.11-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.11-slim
+push-py3.12-slim: BASE_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.12-slim
 
 push-py3.7: BUILDER_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.7
 push-py3.8: BUILDER_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.8
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ push-py3.8-slim: BUILDER_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.8
 push-py3.9-slim: BUILDER_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.9
 push-py3.10-slim: BUILDER_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.10
 push-py3.11-slim: BUILDER_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.11
+push-py3.12-slim: BUILDER_PYTHON_IMAGE = python:3.12
 
 PUSH_TARGETS := $(TARGETS:%=push-%)
 
@@ -92,4 +95,4 @@ $(PUSH_TARGETS):
 				-t $(HUB)/$(PROJECT):${AGENT_VERSION}-$$p-${version} \
 				. ; \
 	done
-	docker buildx rm skywalking_python_main_$(version) || true;
+	docker buildx rm skywalking_python_main_$(version) || true;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d0983077..6d4928cc 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3729,5 +3729,5 @@ sync = ["kafka-python", "requests"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = ">=3.7, <3.12"
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
 content-hash = "ae3cd5c63201383530bf2daac37be0ef9399bf4384dbe42048c81e945b70642a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d0daf019..cc1c7ab0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ classifiers=[
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
 
     'Topic :: System :: Monitoring',
     'Topic :: Software Development',
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ sw-python = 'skywalking.bootstrap.cli.sw_python:start'
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.7, <3.12"
+python = ">=3.8, <4.0"
 grpcio = '*'
 grpcio-tools = '*'
 packaging = '*'
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ wrapt = '*'
 psutil = '<=5.9.5'
 requests = { version = ">=2.26.0", optional = true }
 kafka-python = { version = "*", optional = true }
-uvloop = { version = "^0.17.0", optional = true }
+uvloop = { version = "^0.18.0", optional = true }
 aiokafka = { version = "^0.8.0", optional = true }
 aiohttp = { version = "^3.7.4", optional = true }
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ requests = "*"
 [tool.poetry.group.plugins.dependencies]
 urllib3 = "1.26.7"
 aiohttp = "3.7.4"
-celery = "5.1.2"
+celery = "5.4.0"
 django = "3.2.8"
 elasticsearch = "7.15.1"
 flask = "2.0.2"
diff --git a/skywalking/plugins/__init__.py b/skywalking/plugins/__init__.py
index aa092bf8..cf367457 100644
--- a/skywalking/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/skywalking/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def install():
             logger.info("plugin %s is disabled and thus won't be installed", modname)
             continue
         logger.debug('installing plugin %s', modname)
-        plugin = importer.find_module(modname).load_module(modname)
+        plugin = importer.find_spec(modname).loader.load_module()
 
         # todo: refactor the version checker, currently it doesn't really work as intended
         supported = pkg_version_check(plugin)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/base/Dockerfile.e2e b/tests/e2e/base/Dockerfile.e2e
index d646c0b1..a31db2fd 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/base/Dockerfile.e2e
+++ b/tests/e2e/base/Dockerfile.e2e
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ RUN cd /skywalking-python && apt-get update && apt-get install -y make && make i
 # Extra dependencies for e2e services
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc build-essential\
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-    && pip install uwsgi fastapi uvicorn aiohttp flask "Werkzeug<3" gunicorn \
-    && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove gcc build-essential
+    && pip install uwsgi fastapi uvicorn aiohttp flask "Werkzeug<3" gunicorn
 
 # Entrypoint with agent attached
 WORKDIR /services