diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 71f944e815..07fb12358b 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -1,33 +1,6 @@
 # See https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/drivers.html#naming-with-zuul-v3
 # for job naming conventions.
 
-- job:
-    name: nova-tox-functional-py38
-    parent: openstack-tox-functional-py38
-    description: |
-      Run tox-based functional tests for the OpenStack Nova project
-      under cPython version 3.8 with Nova specific irrelevant-files list.
-      Uses tox with the ``functional-py38`` environment.
-
-      This job also provides a parent for other projects to run the nova
-      functional tests on their own changes.
-    required-projects:
-      # including nova here makes this job reusable by other projects
-      - openstack/nova
-      - openstack/placement
-    irrelevant-files: &functional-irrelevant-files
-      - ^.*\.rst$
-      - ^api-.*$
-      - ^doc/(source|test)/.*$
-      - ^nova/locale/.*$
-      - ^releasenotes/.*$
-    vars:
-      # explicitly stating the work dir makes this job reusable by other
-      # projects
-      zuul_work_dir: src/opendev.org/openstack/nova
-      bindep_profile: test py38
-    timeout: 3600
-
 - job:
     name: nova-tox-functional-py39
     parent: openstack-tox-functional-py39
@@ -42,7 +15,12 @@
       # including nova here makes this job reusable by other projects
       - openstack/nova
       - openstack/placement
-    irrelevant-files: *functional-irrelevant-files
+    irrelevant-files: &functional-irrelevant-files
+      - ^.*\.rst$
+      - ^api-.*$
+      - ^doc/(source|test)/.*$
+      - ^nova/locale/.*$
+      - ^releasenotes/.*$
     vars:
       # explicitly stating the work dir makes this job reusable by other
       # projects
@@ -72,6 +50,28 @@
       bindep_profile: test py310
     timeout: 3600
 
+- job:
+    name: nova-tox-functional-py312
+    parent: openstack-tox-functional-py312
+    description: |
+      Run tox-based functional tests for the OpenStack Nova project
+      under cPython version 3.12 with Nova specific irrelevant-files list.
+      Uses tox with the ``functional-py312`` environment.
+
+      This job also provides a parent for other projects to run the nova
+      functional tests on their own changes.
+    required-projects:
+      # including nova here makes this job reusable by other projects
+      - openstack/nova
+      - openstack/placement
+    irrelevant-files: *functional-irrelevant-files
+    vars:
+      # explicitly stating the work dir makes this job reusable by other
+      # projects
+      zuul_work_dir: src/opendev.org/openstack/nova
+      bindep_profile: test py312
+    timeout: 3600
+
 - job:
     name: nova-tox-validate-backport
     parent: openstack-tox
@@ -863,9 +863,11 @@
         - nova-ovs-hybrid-plug
         - nova-tox-validate-backport:
             voting: false
-        - nova-tox-functional-py38
         - nova-tox-functional-py39
         - nova-tox-functional-py310
+        - nova-tox-functional-py312
+        - openstack-tox-py312:
+            voting: true
         - tempest-integrated-compute:
            # NOTE(gmann): Policies changes do not need to run all the
            # integration test jobs. Running only tempest and grenade
@@ -911,9 +913,9 @@
     gate:
       jobs:
         - nova-live-migration
-        - nova-tox-functional-py38
         - nova-tox-functional-py39
         - nova-tox-functional-py310
+        - nova-tox-functional-py312
         - nova-multi-cell
         - nova-next
         - nova-tox-validate-backport