diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_conda_store.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_conda_store.yaml
index 67269811d..d787fcf64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_conda_store.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_conda_store.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: conda-store
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout Repository 🛎"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Deploy docker compose 🏗️"
         run: |
-          docker compose up -d
+          python_version=${{ matrix.python-version }} docker compose up --build -d
           docker ps
 
           wait-for-it localhost:5432 # postgresql
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_conda_store_server_integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_conda_store_server_integration.yaml
index 4edc6645d..2b852457c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_conda_store_server_integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_conda_store_server_integration.yaml
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   integration-test-conda-store-server:
-    name: "integration-test - ${{ matrix.test-type }}"
+    name: "integration-test - ${{ matrix.test-type }} (python ${{ matrix.python-version }})"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         test-type: ["playwright", "integration", "user-journey"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -el {0}
@@ -38,10 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Checkout Repository 🛎"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: "Get project's default Python version 🏷️"
-        run: |
-          echo "PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT=$(cat .python-version-default)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: "Set up conda env 🐍"
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
             miniforge-version: latest
             auto-activate-base: false
             activate-environment: conda-store-server-dev
-            python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT }}
+            python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: "Install dependencies 📦"
         run: |
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Deploy docker compose 🏗️"
         run: |
-          docker compose up -d
+          python_version=${{ matrix.python-version }} docker compose up --build -d
           docker ps
 
           wait-for-it localhost:5432 # postgresql
@@ -78,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: matrix.test-type == 'playwright'
         with:
-          name: playwright-tests
+          name: playwright-tests-${{ matrix.python-version }}
           path: conda-store-server/test-results
 
       - name: "Run integration tests ✅"
diff --git a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/_internal/schema.py b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/_internal/schema.py
index 96dd735d6..bbd170a23 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/_internal/schema.py
+++ b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/_internal/schema.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Config:
 
     @classmethod
     def from_list(cls, lst):
-        return cls(**{k: v for k, v in zip(cls.__fields__.keys(), lst)})
+        return cls(**{k: v for k, v in zip(cls.__fields__.keys(), lst, strict=False)})
 
 
 class Namespace(BaseModel):
diff --git a/conda-store-server/environment-dev.yaml b/conda-store-server/environment-dev.yaml
index 3e73865e2..b1b5e1353 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/environment-dev.yaml
+++ b/conda-store-server/environment-dev.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - nodefaults
 dependencies:
-  # must be kept in sync with .python-version-default
-  - python=3.12
+  # must be kept in sync with the min supported version in pyproject.toml
+  - python >=3.10
   # conda builds
   - conda
   # dev dependencies
diff --git a/conda-store-server/pyproject.toml b/conda-store-server/pyproject.toml
index 318466b03..1b1aa8d29 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/pyproject.toml
+++ b/conda-store-server/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name = "conda-store-server"
 description = "Conda Environment Management, Builds, and Serve"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
 keywords = ["conda"]
 authors = [
   { name = "Christopher Ostrouchov", email = "chris.ostrouchov@gmail.com" },
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ authors = [
 maintainers = [
   { name = "Tania Allard", email = "trallard@bitsandchips.me" },
   { name = "Pavithra Eswaramoorthy", email = "pavithraes@outlook.com" },
+  { name = "Peyton Murray", email = "peynmurray@gmail.com" },
 ]
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -59,13 +58,17 @@ dependencies = [
   "pyjwt",
   "psycopg2-binary",
   "pymysql",
-  # pyyaml>5.3.1 is broken with cython>=3 transitive dependency
+  # pyyaml>5.3.1,<6.0.1 is broken with cython>=3 transitive dependency
   # See https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724 for details
-  "pyyaml==5.3.1",
+  "pyyaml >=6.0.1",
   "redis",
   "requests",
   "pydantic >=1.10.16,<2.0a0",
   "python-multipart",
+  # setuptools>=70 uses local version of packaging (and other deps) without
+  # pinning them; conda-lock depends on this, but also doesn't pin the setuptools
+  # version. See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4478 for details
+  "setuptools<70",
   "sqlalchemy<2.0a0",
   "traitlets",
   "uvicorn",
@@ -192,6 +195,8 @@ ignore = [
     "UP007", 	# non-pep604-annotation
     "UP030", 	# format-literals
     "UP031", 	# printf-string-formatting
+    "UP035", 	# deprecated-import
+    "UP038", 	# non-pep604-isinstance
 ]
 select = [
     "E",   # pycodestyle
diff --git a/conda-store/pyproject.toml b/conda-store/pyproject.toml
index a82b4027c..4930325ab 100644
--- a/conda-store/pyproject.toml
+++ b/conda-store/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name = "conda-store"
 description = "conda-store client"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
 keywords = [
   "conda",
   "dependency management",
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 33ec36d38..760ef93ed 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ services:
     build:
       context: conda-store-server
       target: dev
+      args:
+        python_version: $python_version
     user: 1000:1000
     volumes:
       - ./tests/assets/environments:/opt/environments:ro
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ services:
     build:
       context: conda-store-server
       target: dev
+      args:
+        python_version: $python_version
     user: 1000:1000
     depends_on:
       postgres:
diff --git a/docusaurus-docs/community/contribute/local-setup-labextension.md b/docusaurus-docs/community/contribute/local-setup-labextension.md
index 499a56223..a0ce1170a 100644
--- a/docusaurus-docs/community/contribute/local-setup-labextension.md
+++ b/docusaurus-docs/community/contribute/local-setup-labextension.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description: Local development setup for jupyterlab-conda-store
 
 - Local [clone of your fork](community/contribute/contribute-code#setup-for-local-development) of the [`jupyterlab-conda-store-ui` repository](https://github.com/conda-incubator/jupyterlab-conda-store)
 - [NodeJS `> 18`](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) installed on your local computer to build the extension package.
-- Python `>= 3.8` (and `pip`)
+- Python `>= 3.10` (and `pip`)
 
 ## Build and link the extension
 
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index abb967f1f..b37e443a7 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 {% set name = "conda-store" %}
 # version MUST be updated when a new release is made
-{% set version = "2024.6.1" %}
+{% set version = "2024.11.1" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}-split
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ outputs:
         - conda-store = conda_store.__main__:main
     requirements:
       host:
-        - python >=3.8
+        - python >=3.10,<3.13
         - pip
         - hatchling >=1.14.0
         - hatch-vcs
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ outputs:
         - __linux  # [linux]
         - __osx    # [osx]
         - __win    # [win]
-        - aiohttp>=3.8.1
+        - aiohttp >=3.8.1
         - click
-        - python >=3.8
+        - python >=3.10,<3.13
         - rich
         - ruamel.yaml
         - yarl
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ outputs:
         - conda-store-worker = conda_store_server._internal.worker.__main__:main
     requirements:
       host:
-        - python >=3.8
+        - python >=3.10,<3.13
         - pip
         - hatchling >=1.14.0
         - hatch-vcs
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ outputs:
         - minio
         - pydantic <2.0a0
         - pyjwt
-        - python >=3.8
+        - python >=3.10,<3.13
         - python-docker
         - python-multipart
-        - pyyaml
+        - pyyaml >=6.0.1
         - redis-py
         - requests
         - sqlalchemy <2.0a0
@@ -115,11 +115,13 @@ about:
     philosophy of conda-store is to serve identical conda environments
     in as many ways as possible. Conda Store controls the environment
     lifecycle: management, builds, and serving of environments.
-  doc_url: https://conda.store
+  doc_url: https://conda.store/
   dev_url: https://github.com/conda-incubator/conda-store
 
 extra:
   feedstock-name: conda-store
   recipe-maintainers:
+    - peytondmurray
+    - soapy1
     - trallard
     - jaimergp