diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ac6ede200..98135dd03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.12']
         toxenv: [quality, django42, django52]
 
     steps:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       run: tox -e ${{ matrix.toxenv }}
 
     - name: Run Coverage
-      if: matrix.python-version == '3.11' && matrix.toxenv == 'django42'
+      if: matrix.python-version == '3.12' && matrix.toxenv == 'django42'
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
       with:
         flags: unittests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index 5ac37b74d..5169bdd88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.12
 
       - name: Install pip
         run: pip install wheel setuptools
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index f3284985c..a16d43b76 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ formats:
 build:
   os: "ubuntu-lts-latest"
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.12"
 
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
 python:
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 11c2742b1..752b36fcb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ the same name as the repo and activate it:
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    cd XBlock
-   mkvirtualenv -p python3.11 XBlock
+   mkvirtualenv -p python3.12 XBlock
 
 Every time you develop something in this repo
 ---------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/xblock-tutorial/getting_started/prereqs.rst b/docs/xblock-tutorial/getting_started/prereqs.rst
index 01a564563..e294f4257 100644
--- a/docs/xblock-tutorial/getting_started/prereqs.rst
+++ b/docs/xblock-tutorial/getting_started/prereqs.rst
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ To build an XBlock, you must have the following tools on your computer.
 
 
 ***********
-Python 3.11
+Python 3.12
 ***********
 
 To run the a virtual environment and the XBlock SDK, and to build an XBlock,
-you must have Python 3.11 installed on your computer.
+you must have Python 3.12 installed on your computer.
 
 `Download Python`_ for your operating system and follow the installation
 instructions.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ applications you might need.
 The instructions and examples in this tutorial use `VirtualEnv`_ and
 `VirtualEnvWrapper`_ to build XBlocks. You can also use `PyEnv`_.
 
-After you have installed Python 3.11, follow the `VirtualEnv Installation`_
+After you have installed Python 3.12, follow the `VirtualEnv Installation`_
 instructions.
 
 For information on creating the virtual environment for your XBlock, see
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index f6728e2dd..2160a15b1 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
diff --git a/requirements/ci.txt b/requirements/ci.txt
index a4bba6958..18759072a 100644
--- a/requirements/ci.txt
+++ b/requirements/ci.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 867bfe940..d9a046e00 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
diff --git a/requirements/django.txt b/requirements/django.txt
index bd67838a6..ca280012f 100644
--- a/requirements/django.txt
+++ b/requirements/django.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
diff --git a/requirements/doc.txt b/requirements/doc.txt
index 87ee85ae6..5eb406e4c 100644
--- a/requirements/doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/doc.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ snowballstemmer==3.0.1
     # via sphinx
 soupsieve==2.8.3
     # via beautifulsoup4
-sphinx==9.0.4
+sphinx==9.1.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/doc.in
     #   pydata-sphinx-theme
diff --git a/requirements/pip-tools.txt b/requirements/pip-tools.txt
index c952cd2af..d89516b82 100644
--- a/requirements/pip-tools.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip-tools.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index 35dcee6b1..084d708ec 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 883a03c17..216bd115e 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    make upgrade
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8260aa7bf..acb71f85b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ def get_version(*file_paths):
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
         'Natural Language :: English',
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     ]
 )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9db82b407..1139e7ff0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{311,312}-django{42,52}, quality, docs
+envlist = py312-django{42,52}, quality, docs
 
 [pytest]
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = xblock.test.settings
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ allowlist_externals =
 
 [testenv:docs]
 basepython =
-    python3.11
+    python3.12
 changedir =
     {toxinidir}/docs
 deps =
diff --git a/xblock/__init__.py b/xblock/__init__.py
index 779a96e05..8f666bd02 100644
--- a/xblock/__init__.py
+++ b/xblock/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 XBlock Courseware Components
 """
 
-__version__ = '5.3.0'
+__version__ = '6.0.0'