# Ansible-test community images: Arch Linux image switched from Python 3.11 to Python 3.12

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-community-images-arch-linux-image-switched-from-python-3-11-to-python-3-12/5187>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** news-for-maintainers, arch-linux, ansible-test\
**Created:** [April 28, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-community-images-arch-linux-image-switched-from-python-3-11-to-python-3-12/5187 "2024-04-28T12:22:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-community-images-arch-linux-image-switched-from-python-3-11-to-python-3-12/5187/1 "2024-04-28T12:22:21Z")

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Arch Linux switched from Python 3.11 to Python 3.12, which means that the community ansible-test `archlinux` image now uses Python 3.12 instead of Python 3.11. If you use this image in your collection CI, you need to update the value of the `--python` parameter from `3.11` to `3.12`.

Ref: [ansible-test: Arch Linux switched to Python 3.12 by felixfontein · Pull Request #74 · ansible-community/images · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pull/74)