diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 0ceb53848..d6fc0f6c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-        - python-version: "3.11"
+        - python-version: "3.12"
           env:
             TOXENV: pylint
         - python-version: 3.8
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         - python-version: "3.11"  # Keep in sync with .readthedocs.yml
           env:
             TOXENV: docs
-        - python-version: "3.11"
+        - python-version: "3.12"
           env:
             TOXENV: twinecheck
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index dd778fc64..affaa32a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.12
       - run: | 
           pip install --upgrade build twine
           python -m build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-ubuntu.yml
index a307eb337..f50a4d104 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-ubuntu.yml
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ jobs:
           env:
             TOXENV: botocore
 
-        # keep until uvloop supports 3.12
-        - python-version: "3.11"
-          env:
-            TOXENV: asyncio
-
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
diff --git a/scrapy/contracts/__init__.py b/scrapy/contracts/__init__.py
index 1ec2a0234..2d9ddd89a 100644
--- a/scrapy/contracts/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/contracts/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ class Contract:
                     cb_result = cb(response, **cb_kwargs)
                     if isinstance(cb_result, (AsyncGenerator, CoroutineType)):
                         raise TypeError("Contracts don't support async callbacks")
-                    return list(iterate_spider_output(cb_result))
+                    return list(  # pylint: disable=return-in-finally
+                        iterate_spider_output(cb_result)
+                    )
 
             request.callback = wrapper
 
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ class Contract:
                 else:
                     results.addSuccess(self.testcase_post)
                 finally:
-                    return output
+                    return output  # pylint: disable=return-in-finally
 
             request.callback = wrapper
 
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index d4bfead40..5b75674f5 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ pytest-cov==4.0.0
 pytest-xdist
 sybil >= 1.3.0  # https://github.com/cjw296/sybil/issues/20#issuecomment-605433422
 testfixtures
-# uvloop currently doesn't build on 3.12
-uvloop; platform_system != "Windows" and python_version < "3.12"
+uvloop; platform_system != "Windows"
 
 bpython  # optional for shell wrapper tests
 brotli; implementation_name != 'pypy'  # optional for HTTP compress downloader middleware tests
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9c2522a43..381da9773 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ commands =
 basepython = python3
 deps =
     {[testenv:extra-deps]deps}
-    pylint==2.17.5
+    pylint==3.0.1
 commands =
     pylint conftest.py docs extras scrapy setup.py tests