diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5ef8ff23..e4ec10eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 5
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - id: checkout-code
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4f7fa941..a93608c5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Requirements
 ============
 
 PGHoard can backup and restore PostgreSQL versions 9.6 and above, but is
-only tested and actively developed with version 10 and above.
+only tested and actively developed with version 12 and above.
 
 The daemon is implemented in Python and is tested and developed with version
 3.8 and above. The following Python modules are required:
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ Vagrant
 =======
 
 The Vagrantfile can be used to setup a vagrant development environment.   The vagrant environment has
-python 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10 virtual environments and installations of postgresql 10, 11 and 12, 13 and 14.
+python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 virtual environments and installations of postgresql 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.
 
 By default vagrant up will start a Virtualbox environment. The Vagrantfile will also work for libvirt, just prefix
 ``VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER=libvirt`` to the ``vagrant up`` command.
 
-Any combination of Python (3.8, 3.9 and 3.10) and Postgresql (10, 11, 12, 13 and 14)
+Any combination of Python (3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12) and Postgresql (12, 13, 14, 15 and 16)
 
 Bring up vagrant instance and connect via ssh::
 
@@ -141,22 +141,22 @@ Bring up vagrant instance and connect via ssh::
   vagrant ssh
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ cd /vagrant
 
-Test with Python 3.8 and Postgresql 11::
+Test with Python 3.8 and Postgresql 12::
 
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ source ~/venv3.8/bin/activate
-  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=11 make unittest
+  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=12 make unittest
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ deactivate
 
-Test with Python 3.9 and Postgresql 12::
+Test with Python 3.9 and Postgresql 13::
 
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ source ~/venv3.9/bin/activate
-  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=12 make unittest
+  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=13 make unittest
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ deactivate
 
-Test with Python 3.10 and Postgresql 13::
+Test with Python 3.10 and Postgresql 14::
 
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ source ~/venv3.10/bin/activate
-  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=13 make unittest
+  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=14 make unittest
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ deactivate
 
 And so on
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 010fbfe2..4fcac7ec 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
         sed -i "s/^#start_conf.*/start_conf='manual'/g" /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf
         sed -i "s/^#create_main_cluster.*/create_main_cluster=false/g" /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf
 
-        apt-get install -y python{3.8,3.9,3.10} python{3.8,3.9,3.10}-dev python{3.8,3.9,3.10}-venv
-        apt-get install -y postgresql-{11,12,13,14,15,16} postgresql-server-dev-{11,12,13,14,15,16}
+        apt-get install -y python{3.8,3.9,3.10,3.11,3.12} python{3.8,3.9,3.10,3.11,3.12}-dev python{3.8,3.9,3.10,3.11,3.12}-venv
+        apt-get install -y postgresql-{11,12,13,14,15,16} postgresql-server-dev-{12,13,14,15,16}
 
         username="$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc a-z | head -c${1:-32};echo;)"
         password=$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 | head -c${1:-32};echo;)
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $script, privileged: true
 
     $script = <<-SCRIPT
-        versions=(3.8 3.9 3.10)
+        versions=(3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12)
         for version in "${versions[@]}"; do
             python${version} -m venv venv${version}
             source ~/venv${version}/bin/activate
             pip install --upgrade pip
-            pip install -r /vagrant/requirements.txt
-            pip install --upgrade -r /vagrant/requirements.dev.txt
+            pip install "/vagrant/."
+            pip install --upgrade "/vagrant/.[dev]"
         done
     SCRIPT
     config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $script, privileged: false
diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index 01f6b286..d5dfbcc3 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ Vagrant
 =======
 
 The Vagrantfile can be used to setup a vagrant development environment.   The vagrant environment has
-python 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10 virtual environments and installations of postgresql 10, 11 and 12, 13 and 14.
+python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 virtual environments and installations of postgresql 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16.
 
 By default vagrant up will start a Virtualbox environment. The Vagrantfile will also work for libvirt, just prefix
 ``VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER=libvirt`` to the ``vagrant up`` command.
 
-Any combination of Python (3.8, 3.9 and 3.10) and Postgresql (10, 11, 12, 13 and 14)
+Any combination of Python (3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12) and Postgresql (12, 13, 14, 15 and 16)
 
 Bring up vagrant instance and connect via ssh::
 
@@ -67,22 +67,22 @@ Bring up vagrant instance and connect via ssh::
   vagrant ssh
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ cd /vagrant
 
-Test with Python 3.8 and Postgresql 11::
+Test with Python 3.8 and Postgresql 12::
 
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ source ~/venv3.8/bin/activate
-  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=11 make unittest
+  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=12 make unittest
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ deactivate
 
-Test with Python 3.9 and Postgresql 12::
+Test with Python 3.9 and Postgresql 13::
 
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ source ~/venv3.9/bin/activate
-  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=12 make unittest
+  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=13 make unittest
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ deactivate
 
-Test with Python 3.10 and Postgresql 13::
+Test with Python 3.10 and Postgresql 14::
 
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ source ~/venv3.10/bin/activate
-  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=13 make unittest
+  vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ PG_VERSION=14 make unittest
   vagrant@ubuntu2004:~$ deactivate
 
 And so on
diff --git a/pghoard/common.py b/pghoard/common.py
index 27416111..111e1142 100644
--- a/pghoard/common.py
+++ b/pghoard/common.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 import time
 from contextlib import suppress
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from pathlib import Path
 from queue import Queue
 from threading import Thread
 from typing import (TYPE_CHECKING, Any, BinaryIO, Callable, Dict, Final, Optional, Protocol, Tuple, cast)
 
+from packaging.version import Version
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from rohmu import IO_BLOCK_SIZE, BaseTransfer, rohmufile
 from rohmu.errors import Error, InvalidConfigurationError
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ def extract_pghoard_delta_metadata(fileobj: FileLike) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 def get_pg_wal_directory(config):
-    if LooseVersion(config["pg_data_directory_version"]) >= "10":
+    if Version(config["pg_data_directory_version"]).major >= 10:
         return os.path.join(config["pg_data_directory"], "pg_wal")
     return os.path.join(config["pg_data_directory"], "pg_xlog")
 
diff --git a/pghoard/restore.py b/pghoard/restore.py
index 9c9cb91a..aa3a8812 100644
--- a/pghoard/restore.py
+++ b/pghoard/restore.py
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 import uuid
 # ignore pylint/distutils issue, https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/73
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from distutils.version import \
-    LooseVersion  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
+from packaging.version import Version
 from threading import RLock
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
 
@@ -115,12 +114,13 @@ def create_recovery_conf(
         "%f",
     ]
     with open(os.path.join(dirpath, "PG_VERSION"), "r") as fp:
-        pg_version = LooseVersion(fp.read().strip())
+        v = Version(fp.read().strip())
+        pg_version = v.major if v.major >= 10 else float(f"{v.major}.{v.minor}")
 
     trigger_file_setting = None
-    if pg_version < "12":
+    if pg_version < 12:
         trigger_file_setting = "trigger_file"
-    elif pg_version < "16":  # PG 16 has removed `promote_trigger_file` config param.
+    elif pg_version < 16:  # PG 16 has removed `promote_trigger_file` config param.
         trigger_file_setting = "promote_trigger_file"
 
     lines = [
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def create_recovery_conf(
     if trigger_file_setting:
         lines.append("{} = {}".format(trigger_file_setting, adapt("trigger_file")))
 
-    use_recovery_conf = (pg_version < "12")  # no more recovery.conf in PG >= 12
+    use_recovery_conf = (pg_version < 12)  # no more recovery.conf in PG >= 12
     if not restore_to_primary:
         if use_recovery_conf:
             lines.append("standby_mode = 'on'")
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def create_recovery_conf(
     if recovery_end_command:
         lines.append("recovery_end_command = {}".format(adapt(recovery_end_command)))
     if recovery_target_action:
-        if pg_version >= "9.5":
+        if pg_version >= 9.5:
             lines.append("recovery_target_action = '{}'".format(recovery_target_action))
         elif recovery_target_action == "promote":
             pass  # default action
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42016393..4a13f7f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ classifiers=[
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Topic :: Database :: Database Engines/Servers",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
 ]
diff --git a/test/base.py b/test/base.py
index 79af8c9a..c8594f6b 100644
--- a/test/base.py
+++ b/test/base.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 import logging
 import os
 # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from shutil import rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
 import psycopg2.extras
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 from pghoard.config import find_pg_binary, set_and_check_config_defaults
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def config_template(self, override=None):
             "json_state_file_path": os.path.join(self.temp_dir, "state.json"),
             "pg_basebackup_path": os.path.join(bindir, "pg_basebackup"),
         }
-        if LooseVersion(ver) >= "10":
+        if Version(ver).major >= 10:
             config["backup_sites"][self.test_site]["pg_receivexlog_path"] = os.path.join(bindir, "pg_receivewal")
         if override:
             all_site_overrides = override.pop("backup_sites", None)
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index dffd51a0..d517f217 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 import time
 from contextlib import suppress
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterator, Optional, Sequence, Union
 from unittest import SkipTest
 
 import psycopg2
 import pytest
+from packaging.version import Version
 from py import path as py_path  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 from rohmu.snappyfile import snappy
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 logutil.configure_logging()
 
-DEFAULT_PG_VERSIONS = ["16", "15", "14", "13", "12", "11", "10"]
+DEFAULT_PG_VERSIONS = ["16", "15", "14", "13", "12"]
 
 
 def port_is_listening(hostname: str, port: int, timeout: float = 0.5) -> bool:
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def fixture_recovery_db(pg_version: str) -> Iterator[PGTester]:
             "recovery_target_timeline = 'latest'",
             "restore_command = 'false'",
         ]
-        if LooseVersion(pg.pgver) >= "12":
+        if Version(pg.pgver).major >= 12:
             with open(os.path.join(pg.pgdata, "standby.signal"), "w") as fp:
                 pass
 
diff --git a/test/test_webserver.py b/test/test_webserver.py
index f68b7d2c..c52153d2 100644
--- a/test/test_webserver.py
+++ b/test/test_webserver.py
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 import threading
 import time
 from collections import deque
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from http.client import HTTPConnection
 from queue import Queue
 from unittest import mock
 
 import psycopg2
 import pytest
+from packaging.version import Version
 from rohmu.encryptor import Encryptor
 
 from pghoard import postgres_command, wal
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def write_dummy_wal(inc):
             "recovery_target_timeline = 'latest'",
             "restore_command = 'false'",
         ]
-        if LooseVersion(db.pgver) >= "12":
+        if Version(db.pgver).major >= 12:
             with open(os.path.join(db.pgdata, "standby.signal"), "w") as fp:
                 pass