NHSDigital · JAgagwuncha · Feb 13, 2026
diff --git a/azure/project.yml b/azure/project.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ variables:
   - name: service_base_path
     value: address-quality-service-api
   - name: python_version
-    value: 3.11
+    value: 3.13
 
diff --git a/azure/templates/run-tests.yml b/azure/templates/run-tests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ parameters:
     default: 'make smoketest'
   - name: python_version
     type: string
-    default: 3.8
+    default: 3.13
 
 steps:
   - task: UsePythonVersion@0

diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "address-quality-service-api"
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.13"
 
 
 [tool.poetry]
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package-mode = false
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.13"
 pytest-nhsd-apim = "^3.3.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]