diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2787b4f8380..74488132bf7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1234,10 +1234,10 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
   # Do this before main 'platform_*' checks,
   # because UNIX will search for the old Python paths which may not exist.
   # giving errors about missing paths before this case is met.
-  if(DEFINED PYTHON_VERSION AND "${PYTHON_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.10")
+  if(DEFINED PYTHON_VERSION AND "${PYTHON_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "3.11")
     message(
       FATAL_ERROR
-      "At least Python 3.10 is required to build, but found Python ${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+      "At least Python 3.11 is required to build, but found Python ${PYTHON_VERSION}"
     )
   endif()
 
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index bb98d49d906..3a55a1d7dbb 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -223,9 +223,6 @@ ifeq (, $(wildcard $(LIBDIR)/python/lib/python$(PY_LIB_VERSION)))
 			PY_LIB_VERSION:=3.12
 			ifeq (, $(wildcard $(LIBDIR)/python/lib/python$(PY_LIB_VERSION)))
 				PY_LIB_VERSION:=3.11
-				ifeq (, $(wildcard $(LIBDIR)/python/lib/python$(PY_LIB_VERSION)))
-					PY_LIB_VERSION:=3.10
-				endif
 			endif
 		endif
 	endif
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
index cb574b2dfd2..5d67879fc9e 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
@@ -555,11 +555,15 @@ endif()
 
 set(_PYTHON_VERSION "3.11")
 string(REPLACE "." "" _PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS ${_PYTHON_VERSION})
-if(NOT EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/python/${_PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS})
-  set(_PYTHON_VERSION "3.10")
-  string(REPLACE "." "" _PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS ${_PYTHON_VERSION})
+
+# Enable for a short time when bumping to the next Python version.
+if(FALSE)
   if(NOT EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/python/${_PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS})
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing python libraries! Neither 3.11 nor 3.10 are found in ${LIBDIR}/python")
+    set(_PYTHON_VERSION "3.12")
+    string(REPLACE "." "" _PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS ${_PYTHON_VERSION})
+    if(NOT EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/python/${_PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS})
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing python libraries! Neither 3.12 nor 3.11 are found in ${LIBDIR}/python")
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_capi_utils.h b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_capi_utils.h
index 840b68953ac..9013b2932f2 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_capi_utils.h
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_capi_utils.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 #include <Python.h>
 
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030a0000
-#  error "Python 3.10 or greater is required, you'll need to update your Python."
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030b0000
+#  error "Python 3.11 or greater is required, you'll need to update your Python."
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus