diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index c6c3c25e..e405d45f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
 name: build
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ["dev"]
+    branches: ["dev", "*.x-line"]
     tags: ["*"]
   pull_request:
   # Run builds nightly to catch incompatibilities with new marshmallow releases
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 0 * * *"
 jobs:
-  lint:
-    name: lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      - run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
-      - run: pip install tox
-      - run: tox -elint
   tests:
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -31,16 +22,16 @@ jobs:
               tox: py38-marshmallow3,
             }
           - {
-              name: "3.11-ma3",
-              python: "3.11",
+              name: "3.12-ma3",
+              python: "3.12",
               os: ubuntu-latest,
-              tox: py311-marshmallow3,
+              tox: py312-marshmallow3,
             }
           - {
-              name: "3.11-madev",
-              python: "3.11",
+              name: "3.12-madev",
+              python: "3.12",
               os: ubuntu-latest,
-              tox: py311-marshmallowdev,
+              tox: py312-marshmallowdev,
             }
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -50,8 +41,22 @@ jobs:
       - run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
       - run: pip install tox
       - run: tox -e${{ matrix.tox }}
+  # this duplicates pre-commit.ci, so only run it on tags
+  # it guarantees that linting is passing prior to a release
+  lint-pre-release:
+    name: lint
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4.3.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+      - run: python -m pip install tox
+      - run: python -m tox -elint
   release:
-    needs: [lint, tests]
+    needs: [tests, lint-pre-release]
     name: PyPI release
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 0e7d3306..05dc58a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Changelog
 
 Other changes:
 
+- Support Python 3.12.
 - Drop support for Python 3.7, which is EOL.
+- Remove `[validation]` from extras, as it is no longer used.
 
 
 6.3.1 (2023-12-21)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 16955db2..4c6215c0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88
-target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311']
+target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311', 'py312']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f244d6c0..916b8b8a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {
     "marshmallow": ["marshmallow>=3.18.0"],
     "yaml": ["PyYAML>=3.10"],
-    "validation": ["prance[osv]>=0.11"],
     "lint": [
         "flake8==7.0.0",
         "flake8-bugbear==22.12.6",
@@ -22,11 +21,11 @@
         "sphinx-rtd-theme==2.0.0",
     ],
 }
-EXTRAS_REQUIRE["tests"] = (
-    EXTRAS_REQUIRE["yaml"]
-    + EXTRAS_REQUIRE["validation"]
-    + ["marshmallow>=3.13.0", "pytest"]
-)
+EXTRAS_REQUIRE["tests"] = EXTRAS_REQUIRE["yaml"] + [
+    "marshmallow>=3.13.0",
+    "openapi-spec-validator==0.7.1",
+    "pytest",
+]
 EXTRAS_REQUIRE["dev"] = EXTRAS_REQUIRE["tests"] + EXTRAS_REQUIRE["lint"] + ["tox"]
 
 
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ def read(fname):
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
     ],
     test_suite="tests",
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 9416e268..ef8efd5a 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Utilities to get elements of generated spec"""
-import json
+import openapi_spec_validator
+from openapi_spec_validator.exceptions import OpenAPISpecValidatorError
 
 from apispec.core import APISpec
 from apispec import exceptions
@@ -52,28 +53,12 @@ def validate_spec(spec: APISpec) -> bool:
     """Validate the output of an :class:`APISpec` object against the
     OpenAPI specification.
 
-    Note: Requires installing apispec with the ``[validation]`` extras.
-    ::
-
-        pip install 'apispec[validation]'
-
     :raise: apispec.exceptions.OpenAPIError if validation fails.
     """
     try:
-        import prance
-    except ImportError as error:  # re-raise with a more verbose message
-        exc_class = type(error)
-        raise exc_class(
-            "validate_spec requires prance to be installed. "
-            "You can install all validation requirements using:\n"
-            "    pip install 'apispec[validation]'"
-        ) from error
-    parser_kwargs = {}
-    if spec.openapi_version.major == 3:
-        parser_kwargs["backend"] = "openapi-spec-validator"
-    try:
-        prance.BaseParser(spec_string=json.dumps(spec.to_dict()), **parser_kwargs)
-    except prance.ValidationError as err:
+        # Coerce to dict to satisfy Pyright
+        openapi_spec_validator.validate(dict(spec.to_dict()))
+    except OpenAPISpecValidatorError as err:
         raise exceptions.OpenAPIError(*err.args) from err
     else:
         return True
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 38470491..eb1baab8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [tox]
 envlist=
     lint
-    py{38,39,310,311}-marshmallow3
-    py311-marshmallowdev
+    py{38,39,310,311,312}-marshmallow3
+    py312-marshmallowdev
     docs
 
 [testenv]