diff --git a/docs/requirements_doc.txt b/docs/requirements_doc.txt
index 899eb09..28ce9a4 100644
--- a/docs/requirements_doc.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements_doc.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ sphinx-design
 sphinx-inline-tabs
 sphinx-togglebutton
 sphinxcontrib-googleanalytics
-ipython>7.16,<8.13  # IPython 8.13+ supports Python 3.9 and above; Python 3.7 is supported with IPython >7.16
+ipython>8.12  # IPython 8.13+ supports Python 3.9 and above
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 17482c1..9c68b75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 119
-target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311']
+target-version = ['py39', 'py310', 'py311', 'py312']
 
 [tool.isort]
 known_first_party = "autogluon"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b1464d6..7e731a6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ source =
 
 [tox:tox]
 envlist =
-;    py37 - Not supported in the container
-    py38
-;    py39 - Not supported in the container
+    py39
 isolated_build = True
 
 [pkg-imports]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3caa977..94ac5ca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 AUTOGLUON = "autogluon"
 CLOUD = "cloud"
 
-PYTHON_REQUIRES = ">=3.8, <3.12"
+PYTHON_REQUIRES = ">=3.9, <3.13"
 
 
 def create_version_file(*, version):
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ def default_setup_args(*, version):
             "Operating System :: POSIX",
             "Operating System :: Unix",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-            "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+            "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
             "Topic :: Software Development",
             "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
             "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis",
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ def default_setup_args(*, version):
     # updated sagemaker is required to fetch latest container info, so we don't want to cap the version too strict
     # otherwise cloud module needs to be released to support new container
     "sagemaker>=2.126.0,<3.0",
-    "pyarrow>=11.0,<11.1",
+    "pyarrow>=11.0,<21",
     "PyYAML~=6.0",
-    "Pillow>=10.2,<11",  # unlikely to introduce breaking changes in minor releases
-    "ray[default]>=2.10.0,<2.11",
+    "Pillow>=10.2,<12",  # unlikely to introduce breaking changes in minor releases
+    "ray[default]>=2.10.0,<2.46",
 ]
 
 extras_require = dict()
diff --git a/src/autogluon/cloud/utils/dlc_utils.py b/src/autogluon/cloud/utils/dlc_utils.py
index 346b6d4..8261f24 100644
--- a/src/autogluon/cloud/utils/dlc_utils.py
+++ b/src/autogluon/cloud/utils/dlc_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
-
 from packaging import version
+from packaging.version import Version
 from sagemaker import image_uris
 
 
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ def retrieve_latest_framework_version(framework_type="training"):
             version number of latest autogluon framework, and its py_versions as a list
     """
     versions = retrieve_available_framework_versions(framework_type)
-    versions.sort(key=StrictVersion)
+    versions.sort(key=version.parse)
     versions = [(v, retrieve_py_versions(v, framework_type)) for v in versions]
     return versions[-1]
 
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def parse_framework_version(framework_version, framework_type, py_version=None,
         py_version = py_versions[0]
     else:
         # Cloud supports 0.6+ containers
-        if minimum_version is not None and version.parse(framework_version) < version.parse(minimum_version):
+        if minimum_version is not None and Version(framework_version) < Version(minimum_version):
             raise ValueError("Cloud module only supports 0.6+ containers.")
         valid_options = retrieve_available_framework_versions(framework_type)
         assert (