diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index fdf18243..8d3adec3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
diff --git a/versioneer.py b/versioneer.py
index a9dba122..bee63662 100644
--- a/versioneer.py
+++ b/versioneer.py
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ def get_config_from_root(root):
     # configparser.NoOptionError (if it lacks "VCS="). See the docstring at
     # the top of versioneer.py for instructions on writing your setup.cfg .
     setup_cfg = os.path.join(root, "setup.cfg")
-    parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+    parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
     with open(setup_cfg, "r") as f:
-        parser.readfp(f)
+        parser.read_file(f)
     VCS = parser.get("versioneer", "VCS")  # mandatory
 
     def get(parser, name):