diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3f96ee..e62dda0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ distribute*tar.gz
 *.log
 
 .cache
+.venv
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6da813..b089426 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,5 +45,9 @@ reportUnreachable = "hint"
 # we care about at this moment.
 # https://github.com/microsoft/pyright/issues/746
 reportImportCycles = "none"
-pythonVersion = "3.10"
+pythonVersion = "3.12"
 pythonPlatform = "All"
+
+exclude = [
+    ".venv",
+]