diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7039acc..ba4752f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
index b209e52..e1211aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 15baa2e..c4b8ca9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 editdistpy>=0.1.3
 
 # For testing
-coverage==6.1.2
+coverage==7.4.4
+importlib-resources>=6.3.2
 numpy>=1.19.5
-pytest-cov==3.0.0
+pytest==8.1.1
+pytest-cov==4.1.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b46fa02..5e20998 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,16 +19,17 @@ classifiers =
     License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     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
 
 [options]
 zip_safe = False
 include_package_data = True
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.8
 install_requires =
     editdistpy>=0.1.3
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 4d5593e..3669444 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib_resources
 import pytest
 
 from symspellpy import SymSpell
@@ -13,17 +13,15 @@
 #######################################################################
 @pytest.fixture
 def bigram_path():
-    return pkg_resources.resource_filename(
-        "symspellpy", "frequency_bigramdictionary_en_243_342.txt"
-    )
-
+    ref = importlib_resources.files("symspellpy") / "frequency_bigramdictionary_en_243_342.txt"
+    with importlib_resources.as_file(ref) as path:
+        yield path
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def dictionary_path():
-    return pkg_resources.resource_filename(
-        "symspellpy", "frequency_dictionary_en_82_765.txt"
-    )
-
+    ref = importlib_resources.files("symspellpy") / "frequency_dictionary_en_82_765.txt"
+    with importlib_resources.as_file(ref) as path:
+        yield path
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def pickle_path():
@@ -90,3 +88,4 @@ def symspell_short(request):
     if request.param is None:
         return SymSpell(1, 3)
     return SymSpell(1, 3, count_threshold=request.param)
+
diff --git a/tests/test_editdistance.py b/tests/test_editdistance.py
index 9692533..65d8a03 100644
--- a/tests/test_editdistance.py
+++ b/tests/test_editdistance.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 def expected_levenshtein(string_1, string_2, max_distance):
-    max_distance = int(min(2 ** 31 - 1, max_distance))
+    max_distance = int(min(2**31 - 1, max_distance))
     len_1 = len(string_1)
     len_2 = len(string_2)
     d = np.zeros((len_1 + 1, len_2 + 1))
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def expected_levenshtein(string_1, string_2, max_distance):
 
 
 def expected_damerau_osa(string_1, string_2, max_distance):
-    max_distance = int(min(2 ** 31 - 1, max_distance))
+    max_distance = int(min(2**31 - 1, max_distance))
     len_1 = len(string_1)
     len_2 = len(string_2)
     d = np.zeros((len_1 + 1, len_2 + 1))
@@ -145,10 +145,9 @@ def test_abstract_distance_comparer(self):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError) as excinfo:
             comparer = AbstractDistanceComparer()
             _ = comparer.distance("string_1", "string_2", 10)
-        assert (
-            "Can't instantiate abstract class AbstractDistanceComparer with "
-            f"abstract method{'s' if sys.version_info[1] < 9 else ''} distance"
-        ) == str(excinfo.value)
+        assert str(excinfo.value).startswith(
+            "Can't instantiate abstract class AbstractDistanceComparer"
+        )
 
     def test_internal_distance_comparer(self, get_edit_distance):
         edit_distance, expected = get_edit_distance