diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fefb313c9c..b9988748b4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ except ImportError:
   from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
 
 print('Node.js configure: Found Python {}.{}.{}...'.format(*sys.version_info))
-acceptable_pythons = ((3, 11), (3, 10), (3, 9), (3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6))
+acceptable_pythons = ((3, 12), (3, 11), (3, 10), (3, 9), (3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6))
 if sys.version_info[:2] in acceptable_pythons:
   import configure
 else: