diff --git a/python-minimal/README.md b/python-minimal/README.md
index 44c3f66..2f9fe35 100644
--- a/python-minimal/README.md
+++ b/python-minimal/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ This template is designed for simple data science project in Python.
 It suggests a combination of notebooks and a module for shared utilities.
 Development tools are kept to a minimum.
 
-Python 3.10 is chosen as a minimum, as 3.9 will reach end-of-life in 2025 (cf. [Python Release Cycle](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#python-release-cycle)).
-We recommend 3.11, as some packages may not fully support 3.12 yet.
+Python 3.12 is chosen as a minimum, as 3.11 will reach end-of-life in 2027 (cf. [Python Release Cycle](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#python-release-cycle)).
 
 
 ## Dependencies and reproducibility
diff --git a/python-minimal/cookiecutter.json b/python-minimal/cookiecutter.json
index 7daf7b2..2e203d8 100644
--- a/python-minimal/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/python-minimal/cookiecutter.json
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 {
+    "__python_version": "3.12",
+    "__uv_version": "0.10.2",
+    "__pre_commit_version": "4.5",
+    "__ruff_version": "0.15.0",
+    "__pytest_version": "9.0",
+    "__notebook_version": "7.5",
     "project_name": "Project",
     "project_slug": "{{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower().replace(' ', '-') }}",
     "module_name": "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug.replace('-', '_') }}",
diff --git a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ae678c4..d7d5726 100644
--- a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["{{ cookiecutter.__python_version }}"]
 
     steps:
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt . pytest
+        pip install -r requirements.txt .
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_ruff_format %}
 
     - name: Check format with ruff
diff --git a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cd96752..8219b9d 100644
--- a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ stages:
 
 run-tests:
   stage: test
-  image: python:3.10
+  image: python:{{ cookiecutter.__python_version }}
   before_script:
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt . pytest
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt .
   script:
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_ruff_format %}
   - ruff format --check
diff --git a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bfb32bc..1e742fc 100644
--- a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ repos:
   - id: trailing-whitespace
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_ruff_format or cookiecutter.use_ruff_lint %}
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.12.3
+  rev: v{{ cookiecutter.__ruff_version }}
   hooks:
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_ruff_lint %}
     - id: ruff-check
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ repos:
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_uv %}
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv-pre-commit
-  rev: 0.9.26
+  rev: {{ cookiecutter.__uv_version }}
   hooks:
     - id: uv-lock
     - id: uv-export
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ repos:
     entry: uv pip compile pyproject.toml --group dev --universal --output-file requirements.txt --quiet --no-progress
     language: python
     additional_dependencies:
-    - uv==0.9.26
+    - uv=={{ cookiecutter.__uv_version }}
     pass_filenames: false
     files: ^pyproject\.toml$
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.python-version b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e782cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ cookiecutter.__python_version }}
diff --git a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index 19cdf0e..fa02b95 100644
--- a/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-minimal/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = ""
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = "~={{ cookiecutter.__python_version }}"
 dependencies = [
     # TODO configure install dependencies
 ]
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
-    "notebook~=7.4",
-    "pre-commit~=4.2",
+    "notebook~={{ cookiecutter.__notebook_version }}",
+    "pre-commit~={{ cookiecutter.__pre_commit_version }}",
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_pytest %}
-    "pytest~=8.4",
+    "pytest~={{ cookiecutter.__pytest_version }}",
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_ruff_format or cookiecutter.use_ruff_lint %}
-    "ruff==0.12.3",
+    "ruff=={{ cookiecutter.__ruff_version }}",
 {%- endif %}
 ]
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ version = {attr = "{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}.__version__"}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_ruff_format or cookiecutter.use_ruff_lint %}
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py{{ cookiecutter.__python_version.replace(".", "") }}"
 line-length = 88
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_ruff_lint %}