diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6eae096e1..ed6d3d7af 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Then access the docs at [http://localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000).
 
 #### Using Python
 
-* Ensure that you have Python 3.8.0 or higher.
+* Ensure that you have Python 3.11.0 or higher.
 * Set up a virtualenv and run `pip install -r requirements.txt` in the `testcontainers-node` root directory.
 * Once Python dependencies have been installed, run `mkdocs serve` to start a local auto-updating MkDocs server.
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fb88c28f2..7b19ced93 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mkdocs==1.6.1
-mkdocs-codeinclude-plugin==0.2.1
+mkdocs-codeinclude-plugin==0.3.1
 mkdocs-markdownextradata-plugin==0.2.6
-mkdocs-material==9.7.1
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+mkdocs-material==9.7.2
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diff --git a/runtime.txt b/runtime.txt
index cc1923a40..2c0733315 100644
--- a/runtime.txt
+++ b/runtime.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.8
+3.11