diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1e1b124..2a1d826 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name = "aeg"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "AEGIS encryption easy to use Python binding. Wheels for major platforms."
 readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2f4840f..98583c9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
         cffi_modules=["setup.py:ffibuilder"],
         options=(
-            {"bdist_wheel": {"py_limited_api": "cp310"}} if not is_free_threaded else {}
+            {"bdist_wheel": {"py_limited_api": "cp312"}} if not is_free_threaded else {}
         ),
     )
diff --git a/src/aeg/util.py b/src/aeg/util.py
index 2469e47..1998efc 100644
--- a/src/aeg/util.py
+++ b/src/aeg/util.py
@@ -4,19 +4,12 @@ Currently provides Python-side aligned allocation helpers that avoid relying
 on libc/posix_memalign. Memory is owned by Python; C code only borrows it.
 """
 
-from typing import Protocol
+from collections.abc import Buffer
 
 from ._loader import ffi
 
 __all__ = ["new_aligned_struct", "aligned_address", "Buffer", "nonce_increment", "wipe"]
 
-try:
-    from collections.abc import Buffer  # type: ignore
-except ImportError:
-    # Fallback for Python < 3.12
-    class Buffer(Protocol):
-        def __buffer__(self, flags: int) -> memoryview: ...
-
 
 def aligned_address(obj) -> int:
     """Return the integer address of the start of a cffi array object."""
diff --git a/tools/release.py b/tools/release.py
index 7bb0d7f..7ab02fe 100755
--- a/tools/release.py
+++ b/tools/release.py
@@ -23,20 +23,16 @@ ABI3_BUILD_VERSION = "3.14+gil"
 
 # All GIL-enabled Python versions covered by the ABI3 wheel
 ABI3_COVERED_VERSIONS = [
-    "3.10",
-    "3.11",
     "3.12",
     "3.13+gil",
     "3.14+gil",
     "3.15+gil",
 ]
 
-# Non-ABI3 wheels: each needs its own build (free-threaded and PyPy)
+# Non-ABI3 wheels: each needs its own build (free-threaded)
 NON_ABI3_VERSIONS = [
     "3.14t",
     "3.15t",
-    "pypy3.10",
-    "pypy3.11",
 ]
 
 # All versions for testing and benchmarking
@@ -159,12 +155,9 @@ def normalize_line_endings(repo_root: Path):
 def get_wheel_pattern(py_version: str, abi3: bool = False) -> str:
     """Get the glob pattern for finding a wheel file."""
     if abi3:
-        # ABI3 wheels always use cp310-abi3 tag (minimum supported version)
+        # ABI3 wheels always use cp312-abi3 tag (minimum supported version)
         # regardless of which Python version was used to build
-        return "aeg-*-cp310-abi3-*.whl"
-    elif py_version.startswith("pypy"):
-        # PyPy wheels use pp3XX format
-        return f"aeg-*-pp{py_version.replace('pypy', '').replace('.', '')}-*.whl"
+        return "aeg-*-cp312-abi3-*.whl"
     elif py_version.endswith("t"):
         # Free-threaded Python wheels use cpXXX-cpXXXt format (e.g., cp314-cp314t)
         base_version = py_version.replace(".", "").replace("t", "")
@@ -183,7 +176,7 @@ def build_abi3_wheel(dist_dir: Path, py_version: str) -> Path | None:
     if not run_command(cmd, env=get_build_env()):
         return None
 
-    # Find the ABI3 wheel (always tagged cp310-abi3 regardless of build Python version)
+    # Find the ABI3 wheel (always tagged cp312-abi3 regardless of build Python version)
     wheel_pattern = get_wheel_pattern(py_version, abi3=True)
     wheels = list(dist_dir.glob(wheel_pattern))
     if not wheels: