diff --git a/.conda/meta.yaml b/.conda/meta.yaml
index 3755e7f4e..53bb719c7 100644
--- a/.conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/.conda/meta.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python>=3.9, <3.12
+    - python>=3.10, <3.12
     - setuptools
 
   run:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index 7ee17ebbb..15b4a5d7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
+        python: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           # MacOS issue ref.: https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/855 & https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/865
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && '3.11' || matrix.python }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && matrix.python == '3.10' && '3.11' || matrix.python }}
           architecture: x64
       - if: matrix.framework == 'tensorflow'
         name: Cache python modules (TF)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
           channels: pypdfium2-team,bblanchon,defaults,conda-forge
           channel-priority: strict
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/demo.yml b/.github/workflows/demo.yml
index ad5a1045b..875fff8b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/demo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/demo.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-status.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-status.yml
index 294f3dc55..7d2bda22d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-status.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-status.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.10"
           architecture: x64
       - name: check status
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 70302c957..99fac9c03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build docker image
-        run: docker build -t doctr-tf-py3.9-slim --build-arg SYSTEM=cpu .
+        run: docker build -t doctr-tf-py3.10-slim --build-arg SYSTEM=cpu .
       - name: Run docker container
-        run: docker run doctr-tf-py3.9-slim python3 -c 'import doctr'
+        run: docker run doctr-tf-py3.10-slim python3 -c 'import doctr'
 
   pytest-api:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 79965b560..2b2c056a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index ac34c9cc7..f2c5e212a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
diff --git a/.github/workflows/public_docker_images.yml b/.github/workflows/public_docker_images.yml
index 2ccdb6601..8d4e92939 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/public_docker_images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/public_docker_images.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Must match version at https://www.python.org/ftp/python/
-        python: ["3.9.18", "3.10.13", "3.11.8"]
+        python: ["3.10.13", "3.11.8", "3.12.7"]
         framework: ["tf", "torch", "tf,viz,html,contrib", "torch,viz,html,contrib"]
         system: ["cpu", "gpu"]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index b09d8a429..2494fdaa1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
           channels: pypdfium2-team,bblanchon,defaults,conda-forge
           channel-priority: strict
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Install package
         shell: bash -el {0}
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
index 045c4676f..8d972c855 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.10"
           architecture: x64
       - name: Cache python modules
         uses: actions/cache@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/references.yml b/.github/workflows/references.yml
index f79784244..bd614727d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/references.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/references.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts.yml b/.github/workflows/scripts.yml
index d5f45aff2..892a6d3be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
+        python: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
+        python: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
+        python: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
+        python: ["3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           # MacOS issue ref.: https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/855 & https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/865
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && '3.11' || matrix.python }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && matrix.python == '3.10' && '3.11' || matrix.python }}
           architecture: x64
       - name: Run environment collection script
         run: python scripts/collect_env.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yml b/.github/workflows/style.yml
index c755a06c1..47cc0d6e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.9"]
+        python: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0f3b9d5f..7231a64c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ The KIE predictor results per page are in a dictionary format with each key repr
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-Python 3.9 (or higher) and [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/) are required to install docTR.
+Python 3.10 (or higher) and [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/) are required to install docTR.
 
 ### Latest release
 
diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 8038ed28c..6fd83e4eb 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.9-slim
+FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.10-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index 9bafb6793..3f2140254 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = ["Mindee <contact@mindee.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9,<3.12"
+python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
 python-doctr = {git = "https://github.com/mindee/doctr.git", extras = ['tf'], branch = "main" }
 # Fastapi: minimum version required to avoid pydantic error
 # cf. https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/4168
diff --git a/docs/source/getting_started/installing.rst b/docs/source/getting_started/installing.rst
index e764e734a..39e79aa3d 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting_started/installing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting_started/installing.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Installation
 ************
 
-This library requires `Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ 3.9 or higher.
+This library requires `Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ 3.10 or higher.
 
 
 Prerequisites
diff --git a/doctr/models/_utils.py b/doctr/models/_utils.py
index c5dcd9ba8..ab1922c90 100644
--- a/doctr/models/_utils.py
+++ b/doctr/models/_utils.py
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ def estimate_orientation(
         gray_img = cv2.medianBlur(gray_img, 5)
         thresh = cv2.threshold(gray_img, thresh=0, maxval=255, type=cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV + cv2.THRESH_OTSU)[1]
     else:
-        thresh = img.astype(np.uint8)  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        thresh = img.astype(np.uint8)
 
     page_orientation, orientation_confidence = general_page_orientation or (None, 0.0)
     if page_orientation and orientation_confidence >= min_confidence:
         # We rotate the image to the general orientation which improves the detection
         # No expand needed bitmap is already padded
-        thresh = rotate_image(thresh, -page_orientation)  # type: ignore
+        thresh = rotate_image(thresh, -page_orientation)
     else:  # That's only required if we do not work on the detection models bin map
         # try to merge words in lines
         (h, w) = img.shape[:2]
diff --git a/doctr/models/detection/differentiable_binarization/base.py b/doctr/models/detection/differentiable_binarization/base.py
index 21eceb794..414471146 100644
--- a/doctr/models/detection/differentiable_binarization/base.py
+++ b/doctr/models/detection/differentiable_binarization/base.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def bitmap_to_boxes(
         contours, _ = cv2.findContours(bitmap.astype(np.uint8), cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
         for contour in contours:
             # Check whether smallest enclosing bounding box is not too small
-            if np.any(contour[:, 0].max(axis=0) - contour[:, 0].min(axis=0) < min_size_box):  # type: ignore[index]
+            if np.any(contour[:, 0].max(axis=0) - contour[:, 0].min(axis=0) < min_size_box):
                 continue
             # Compute objectness
             if self.assume_straight_pages:
diff --git a/doctr/models/detection/fast/base.py b/doctr/models/detection/fast/base.py
index f98981a82..1b3a02bb2 100644
--- a/doctr/models/detection/fast/base.py
+++ b/doctr/models/detection/fast/base.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def bitmap_to_boxes(
         contours, _ = cv2.findContours(bitmap.astype(np.uint8), cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
         for contour in contours:
             # Check whether smallest enclosing bounding box is not too small
-            if np.any(contour[:, 0].max(axis=0) - contour[:, 0].min(axis=0) < 2):  # type: ignore[index]
+            if np.any(contour[:, 0].max(axis=0) - contour[:, 0].min(axis=0) < 2):
                 continue
             # Compute objectness
             if self.assume_straight_pages:
diff --git a/doctr/models/detection/linknet/base.py b/doctr/models/detection/linknet/base.py
index d677048c0..9aeb543fe 100644
--- a/doctr/models/detection/linknet/base.py
+++ b/doctr/models/detection/linknet/base.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def bitmap_to_boxes(
         contours, _ = cv2.findContours(bitmap.astype(np.uint8), cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
         for contour in contours:
             # Check whether smallest enclosing bounding box is not too small
-            if np.any(contour[:, 0].max(axis=0) - contour[:, 0].min(axis=0) < 2):  # type: ignore[index]
+            if np.any(contour[:, 0].max(axis=0) - contour[:, 0].min(axis=0) < 2):
                 continue
             # Compute objectness
             if self.assume_straight_pages:
diff --git a/doctr/utils/geometry.py b/doctr/utils/geometry.py
index 21ad0dd7f..653b9f8b9 100644
--- a/doctr/utils/geometry.py
+++ b/doctr/utils/geometry.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def resolve_enclosing_rbbox(rbboxes: List[np.ndarray], intermed_size: int = 1024
     # Convert to absolute for minAreaRect
     cloud *= intermed_size
     rect = cv2.minAreaRect(cloud.astype(np.int32))
-    return cv2.boxPoints(rect) / intermed_size  # type: ignore[return-value]
+    return cv2.boxPoints(rect) / intermed_size
 
 
 def rotate_abs_points(points: np.ndarray, angle: float = 0.0) -> np.ndarray:
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def rotate_image(
             # Pad height
             else:
                 h_pad, w_pad = int(rot_img.shape[1] * image.shape[0] / image.shape[1] - rot_img.shape[0]), 0
-            rot_img = np.pad(rot_img, ((h_pad // 2, h_pad - h_pad // 2), (w_pad // 2, w_pad - w_pad // 2), (0, 0)))  # type: ignore[assignment]
+            rot_img = np.pad(rot_img, ((h_pad // 2, h_pad - h_pad // 2), (w_pad // 2, w_pad - w_pad // 2), (0, 0)))
         if preserve_origin_shape:
             # rescale
             rot_img = cv2.resize(rot_img, image.shape[:-1][::-1], interpolation=cv2.INTER_LINEAR)
@@ -563,4 +563,4 @@ def extract_rcrops(
             )
             for idx in range(_boxes.shape[0])
         ]
-    return crops  # type: ignore[return-value]
+    return crops
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 613eb512e..763e96618 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainers = [
     {name = "Felix Dittrich"},
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9.0,<4"
+requires-python = ">=3.10.0,<4"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 keywords=["OCR", "deep learning", "computer vision", "tensorflow", "pytorch", "text detection", "text recognition"]
 classifiers=[
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ classifiers=[
         "Natural Language :: English",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 [tool.ruff]
 exclude = [".git", "venv*", "build", "**/__init__.py"]
 line-length = 120
-target-version = "py39"
+target-version = "py310"
 preview=true
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/references/detection/utils.py b/references/detection/utils.py
index 1a84f2340..265f63ff3 100644
--- a/references/detection/utils.py
+++ b/references/detection/utils.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def plot_samples(images, targets: List[Dict[str, np.ndarray]]) -> None:
 
             for box in boxes:
                 if boxes.ndim == 3:
-                    cv2.fillPoly(target, [np.int0(box)], 1)
+                    cv2.fillPoly(target, [np.intp(box)], 1)
                 else:
                     target[int(box[1]) : int(box[3]) + 1, int(box[0]) : int(box[2]) + 1] = 1
         if nb_samples > 1: