diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index a8d6112e..0cee7e26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     # Run the job for different versions of python
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
diff --git a/payu/cli.py b/payu/cli.py
index 1a6b5bab..0a6348a3 100644
--- a/payu/cli.py
+++ b/payu/cli.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
-from distutils import sysconfig
+import sysconfig
 import importlib
 import os
 import pkgutil