diff --git a/ansible-core.spec b/ansible-core.spec
index 13fdc16..3098da4 100644
--- a/ansible-core.spec
+++ b/ansible-core.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-%global __python3 /usr/bin/python3.11
-%global python3_pkgversion 3.11
+%global __python3 /usr/bin/python3.12
+%global python3_pkgversion 3.12
 
 # We need this because we are no longer noarch, since our bundled deps might
 # conceivably need to compile arch-specific things. But we currently have no
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 Name: ansible-core
 Summary: SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
 Version: 2.16.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 ExcludeArch: i686
 
 Group: Development/Libraries
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ strip --strip-unneeded %{vendor_path}/markupsafe/_speedups%{python3_ext_suffix}
 %{python3_sitelib}/ansible_test
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 05 2024 Dimitri Savineau <dsavinea@redhat.com> - 2.16.3-2
+- rebuild with python 3.12 (RHEL-24141)
+
 * Fri Feb 02 2024 Dimitri Savineau <dsavinea@redhat.com> - 2.16.3-1
 - ansible-core 2.16.3 release (RHEL-23782)
 - Fix CVE-2024-0690 (possible information leak in tasks that ignore