diff --git a/python/deploy b/python/deploy
index 1916ee5..2d50118 100755
--- a/python/deploy
+++ b/python/deploy
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ PYTHON_REPO=${PYTHON_REPO:-https://heroku-buildpack-python.s3.amazonaws.com/hero
 GET_PIP_URL=${GET_PIP_URL:-https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py}
 GET_PIP_VERSION_URL=${GET_PIP_VERSION_URL:-https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/@VERSION@/get-pip.py}
 
+LATEST_312="3.12.0"
 LATEST_311="3.11.3"
 LATEST_310="3.10.11"
 LATEST_39="3.9.16"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ LATEST_35="3.5.10"
 LATEST_27="2.7.18"
 PYPY_36="pypy3.6-7.3.2"
 PYPY_27="pypy2.7-7.3.2"
-LATEST_PYTHON_VERSIONS=(${LATEST_311} ${LATEST_310} ${LATEST_39} ${LATEST_38} ${LATEST_37} ${LATEST_36} ${LATEST_35} ${LATEST_27} ${PYPY_36} ${PYPY_27})
+LATEST_PYTHON_VERSIONS=(${LATEST_312} ${LATEST_311} ${LATEST_310} ${LATEST_39} ${LATEST_38} ${LATEST_37} ${LATEST_36} ${LATEST_35} ${LATEST_27} ${PYPY_36} ${PYPY_27})
 PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT="${PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT:-${LATEST_311}}"
 VERSION_ORIGIN="default"
 PYTHON_BASE_DIR="/home/application/python"
diff --git a/tests/python/tests.bats b/tests/python/tests.bats
index deca615..60fc3f7 100644
--- a/tests/python/tests.bats
+++ b/tests/python/tests.bats
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ setup() {
 load 'bats-support-master/load'
 load 'bats-assert-master/load'
 
+@test "use python version 3.12 as default" {
+    run /var/lib/tsuru/deploy
+    [[ "$output" == *"Using python version: 3.12.0"* ]]
+    assert_success
+
+    run python --version
+    assert_success
+    [[ "$output" == *"3.12.0"* ]]
+
+    run pip freeze
+    assert_success
+}
+
 @test "use python version 3.11 as default" {
     run /var/lib/tsuru/deploy
     [[ "$output" == *"Using python version: 3.11.3"* ]]