diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 71cb5fa..f8ecb34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@ on:
         types: [published]
     workflow_dispatch: {}
 jobs:
-    build-37:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-            - name: Run release
-              env:
-                  PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-                  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7"
-              run: REF="${{ github.ref }}" ./scripts/release.sh
     build-38:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
@@ -50,3 +41,12 @@ jobs:
                   PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
                   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
               run: REF="${{ github.ref }}" ./scripts/release.sh
+    build-312:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            - name: Run release
+              env:
+                  PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+                  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.12"
+              run: REF="${{ github.ref }}" ./scripts/release.sh
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fca3667..b647aa9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # NOTE: protobuf 3.19 is the highest version allowed by tensorflow (currently),
 #   so we explicitly pin the lower bound to allow compatibility with tf
-protobuf>=3.19.0,<5
+protobuf>=3.19.0,<6
 alchemy-logging>=1.0.3
 typing-extensions>=4.5.0,<5; python_version < '3.9'
diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
index 297d6d0..49c71d8 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ else
     procs_arg=""
 fi
 
+# Ignore `google.protobuf.service module is deprecated` UserWarning for now
 FAIL_THRESH=100.0
 python3 -m pytest \
     $procs_arg \
@@ -28,4 +29,5 @@ python3 -m pytest \
     --cov-report=term \
     --cov-report=html \
     --cov-fail-under=$FAIL_THRESH \
-    -W error "$@"
+    -W error -W ignore::PendingDeprecationWarning \
+    -W ignore::UserWarning "$@"