diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 65e0e55b..0f1ff74e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Version 0.11.4 (unreleased)
 ---------------
 * Fixed build issue with GCC 13 (see https://github.com/cryfs/cryfs/pull/448 )
+* Fixed build issue with Python 3.12 (see https://github.com/cryfs/cryfs/issues/459 )
 
 Version 0.11.3
 ---------------
diff --git a/src/gitversion/versioneer.py b/src/gitversion/versioneer.py
index 4b4a71d4..1c59b1d6 100644
--- a/src/gitversion/versioneer.py
+++ b/src/gitversion/versioneer.py
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ def get_config_from_root(root):
     # configparser.NoOptionError (if it lacks "VCS="). See the docstring at
     # the top of versioneer.py for instructions on writing your setup.cfg .
     setup_cfg = os.path.join(root, "setup.cfg")
-    parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+    parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
     with open(setup_cfg, "r") as f:
-        parser.readfp(f)
+        parser.read_file(f)
     VCS = parser.get("versioneer", "VCS")  # mandatory
 
     def get(parser, name):