diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d911400..39de4cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ recorded here; their history is the git log.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Python 3.12 is the floor (`requires-python = ">=3.12"`): netOrk runs every driver
+  on 3.12, so 3.10 and 3.11 are no longer tested (NAPALM/driver-standard#6).
+- The floor on napalm is 5.1: older releases import `pkg_resources`, which a Python
+  3.12 venv no longer has.
+
 ## [0.7.0] - 2026-10-23
 
 The first release on PyPI.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16bff6e..bbcaf7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Requires OpenWrt **19.07** or newer.
 
 | Dependency | Minimum version |
 |---|---|
-| Python | 3.10 |
+| Python | 3.12 |
 | NAPALM | 4.0 |
 | Netmiko | 4.0 |
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a6cd5f4..7342c80 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,21 +8,19 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 description = "NAPALM driver for OpenWrt routers/access-points"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 authors = [
     { name = "Christian Manivong" },
 ]
 classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Utilities",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
     "Operating System :: MacOS",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "napalm>=4.0.0",
+    "napalm>=5.1",  # older releases import pkg_resources, which a 3.12 venv lacks
     "napalm_device_types>=4.21.1",
     "netmiko>=4.0.0",
     "paramiko>=5.0.0",  # CVE-2026-44405
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ napalm_openwrt = ["py.typed"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py312"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP", "B"]
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP", "B"]
 "tests/**" = ["E501"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.10"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 # napalm itself is untyped, so every driver subclasses Any.
 disallow_subclassing_any = false