diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 51a2c6498..33ba4efa0 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ reno>=3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx>=2.0.0,!=2.1.0 # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=0.1.0 # BSD
 whereto>=0.3.0 # Apache-2.0
+# NOTE(priteau): pin setuptools
+# https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/stable/history.html#v82-0-0
+setuptools==81.0.0
diff --git a/doc/source/installation.rst b/doc/source/installation.rst
index 2da16aacd..bd071b7ca 100644
--- a/doc/source/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/source/installation.rst
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Prerequisites
 Currently Kayobe supports the following Operating Systems on the Ansible
 control host:
 
-- CentOS Stream 9 (since Zed 13.0.0 release)
+- CentOS Stream 9 (since Zed 13.0.0 release), using Python 3.12
 - CentOS Stream 10 (since Epoxy 18.3.0 release)
-- Rocky Linux 9 (since Zed 13.0.0 release)
+- Rocky Linux 9 (since Zed 13.0.0 release), using Python 3.12
 - Rocky Linux 10 (since Epoxy 18.3.0 release)
 - Ubuntu Noble 24.04 (since Dalmatian 17.0.0 release)
 
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ it is recommended to install Kayobe in a virtualenv. Ensure that the
 necessary to install the GCC compiler chain in order to build the extensions of
 some of kayobe's python dependencies.
 
-On CentOS/Rocky::
+On CentOS Stream/Rocky Linux 10::
 
     $ dnf install -y python3-devel gcc libffi-devel
 
+On CentOS Stream/Rocky Linux 9::
+
+    $ dnf install -y python3.12-devel gcc libffi-devel
+
 On Ubuntu::
 
     $ apt install -y python3-dev gcc libffi-dev python3-venv
@@ -99,6 +103,10 @@ Create a virtualenv for Kayobe::
 
     $ python3 -m venv <base_path>/venvs/kayobe
 
+Or, using Python 3.12 on CentOS Stream/Rocky Linux 9::
+
+    $ python3.12 -m venv <base_path>/venvs/kayobe
+
 Activate the virtualenv and update pip::
 
     $ source <base_path>/venvs/kayobe/bin/activate
@@ -140,6 +148,10 @@ Create a virtualenv for Kayobe::
 
     $ python3 -m venv <base_path>/venvs/kayobe
 
+Or, using Python 3.12 on CentOS Stream/Rocky Linux 9::
+
+    $ python3.12 -m venv <base_path>/venvs/kayobe
+
 Activate the virtualenv and update pip::
 
     $ source <base_path>/venvs/kayobe/bin/activate
diff --git a/doc/source/support-matrix.rst b/doc/source/support-matrix.rst
index 78ab21e1d..11dd5b4b7 100644
--- a/doc/source/support-matrix.rst
+++ b/doc/source/support-matrix.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Supported Operating Systems
 
 Kayobe supports the following host Operating Systems (OS):
 
-* Rocky Linux 9 (since Zed 13.0.0 release)
+* Rocky Linux 9 (since Zed 13.0.0 release), using Python 3.12
 * Rocky Linux 10 (since Epoxy 18.3.0 release)
 * Ubuntu Noble 24.04 (since Dalmatian 17.0.0 release)
 
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ In addition to that CentOS Stream 9/10 host OS is functional, but not
 officially supported. Kolla does not publish CentOS Stream 9/10 images to
 Docker Hub/Quay.io, therefore users need to build them by themselves.
 
+.. note::
+
+   This release of Kayobe requires Python 3.10 or above. On CentOS Stream 9 or
+   Rocky Linux 9, use Python 3.12 instead of the default Python 3.9.
+
 .. note::
 
    CentOS Stream 9 is no longer supported as a host OS beyond the Epoxy