diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 43f7796f..2fbebe8e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+  'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
diff --git a/tibanna/lambdas/check_task_awsem.py b/tibanna/lambdas/check_task_awsem.py
index a9f574cf..2e9eb90e 100755
--- a/tibanna/lambdas/check_task_awsem.py
+++ b/tibanna/lambdas/check_task_awsem.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     'function_handler': 'handler',
     'handler': 'service.handler',
     'region': AWS_REGION,
-    'runtime': 'python3.9',
+    'runtime': 'python3.11',
     'role': 'tibanna_lambda_init_role',
     'description': 'check status of AWSEM run by interegating appropriate files on S3 ',
     'timeout': 300,