diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_on_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release_on_pr.yml
index 187aa6c..3a333cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_on_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_on_pr.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.12'
           cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
 
       - name: Setup git
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 72f2f5a..b4b9db2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.11]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.12]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -37,18 +37,19 @@ jobs:
 
   functional-tests:
     needs: test
-    name: FTs ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: FTs ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.12]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '${{ matrix.python-version }}'
           cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
 
       - name: Set up Go
@@ -92,18 +93,19 @@ jobs:
 
   lsp-tests:
     needs: test
-    name: LSP Tests ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: LSP Tests ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.12]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '${{ matrix.python-version }}'
           cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
 
       - name: Set up Nodejs
diff --git a/python.json b/python.json
index b0d40c9..2ae61b3 100644
--- a/python.json
+++ b/python.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "id": "python",
-  "version": "0.4.2",
+  "version": "0.4.3",
   "description": "Python support for gauge",
   "run": {
     "windows": [
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a4c22c8..5dd089e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ requests-toolbelt==1.0.0
 rfc3986==2.0.0
 rich==13.7.1
 rply==0.7.8
+setuptools==69.2.0
 six==1.16.0
 twine==5.0.0
 urllib3==2.2.1
diff --git a/setup.tmpl b/setup.tmpl
index 59c6816..885821d 100644
--- a/setup.tmpl
+++ b/setup.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name='getgauge',
@@ -6,21 +6,16 @@ setup(
     version='{0}',
     description='Enables Python support for Gauge',
     author='Gauge Team',
-    author_email='getgauge@outlook.com',
+    author_email='getgauge@googlegroups.com',
     url='https://github.com/getgauge/gauge-python',
     download_url='https://github.com/getgauge/gauge-python/archive/v{0}.zip',
     keywords=['testing', 'gauge', 'gauge-python', 'getgauge', 'automation'],
     license='MIT',
     classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
     ],
     install_requires=['redBaron', 'debugpy', 'grpcio>=1.39.0', 'protobuf>=3.5.2'],
     extras_require={1},