diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index f4c774ef..937fd7b5 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ pool:
 
 strategy:
   matrix:
-    Python38:
-      python.version: '3.8'
     Python39:
       python.version: '3.9'
     Python310:
       python.version: '3.10'
     Python311:
       python.version: '3.11'
+    Python312:
+      python.version: '3.12'
 
 steps:
 - task: UsePythonVersion@0
diff --git a/tagreader/web_handlers.py b/tagreader/web_handlers.py
index 2f8010f6..aea8c01e 100644
--- a/tagreader/web_handlers.py
+++ b/tagreader/web_handlers.py
@@ -42,12 +42,7 @@ def patched_hashlib_new(name, data=b"", usedforsecurity=True):
     if name.lower() == "md4":
         return MD4(data)
     else:
-        # Try / Catch easier than detecting python version
-        try:
-            return hashlib_new_method(name, data=data, usedforsecurity=usedforsecurity)
-        except TypeError:
-            # Required for python 3.8
-            return hashlib_new_method(name, data=data)
+        return hashlib_new_method(name, data=data, usedforsecurity=usedforsecurity)
 
 
 # Monkey-patch md4 in hashlib.new due to missing support for md4 in later releases of Python: