diff -Nru pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/changelog pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/changelog
--- pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/changelog	2022-12-08 17:45:55.000000000 +0200
+++ pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/changelog	2024-02-07 21:44:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pysimplesoap (1.16.2-5ubuntu1) noble; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fixes for Python 3.12.
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:44:42 +0100
+
 pysimplesoap (1.16.2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Debian Janitor ]
diff -Nru pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/control pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/control
--- pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/control	2022-12-08 17:45:55.000000000 +0200
+++ pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/control	2024-02-07 21:44:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                dh-python,
                python3,
+               python3-packaging,
                python3-setuptools,
 Standards-Version: 4.6.1
 Homepage: https://github.com/pysimplesoap/pysimplesoap/
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 Package: python3-pysimplesoap
 Architecture: all
 Depends: python3-httplib2,
+         python3-packaging,
          python3-pycurl,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends},
diff -Nru pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/fix-httplib2-version-check.patch pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/fix-httplib2-version-check.patch
--- pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/fix-httplib2-version-check.patch	2022-12-08 17:45:55.000000000 +0200
+++ pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/fix-httplib2-version-check.patch	2024-02-07 21:44:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  import logging
  import ssl
  import sys
-+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
++from packaging.version import Version
 +
  try:
      import urllib2
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  try:
      import httplib2
 -    if sys.version > '3' and httplib2.__version__ <= "0.7.7":
-+    if sys.version > '3' and LooseVersion(httplib2.__version__) <= LooseVersion("0.7.7"):
++    if sys.version > '3' and Version(httplib2.__version__) <= Version("0.7.7"):
          import http.client
          # httplib2 workaround: check_hostname needs a SSL context with either 
          #                      CERT_OPTIONAL or CERT_REQUIRED
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
  
              # set optional parameters according to supported httplib2 version
 -            if httplib2.__version__ >= '0.3.0':
-+            if LooseVersion(httplib2.__version__) >= LooseVersion('0.3.0'):
++            if Version(httplib2.__version__) >= Version('0.3.0'):
                  kwargs['timeout'] = timeout
 -            if httplib2.__version__ >= '0.7.0':
-+            if LooseVersion(httplib2.__version__) >= LooseVersion('0.7.0'):
++            if Version(httplib2.__version__) >= Version('0.7.0'):
                  kwargs['disable_ssl_certificate_validation'] = cacert is None
                  kwargs['ca_certs'] = cacert
              httplib2.Http.__init__(self, **kwargs)
diff -Nru pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/python3.12.diff pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/python3.12.diff
--- pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/python3.12.diff	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/python3.12.diff	2024-02-07 21:43:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #!/usr/bin/env python
+ 
+-from distutils.core import setup
++from setuptools import setup
+ import os
+ import subprocess
+ import sys
diff -Nru pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/series pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/series
--- pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/series	2022-12-08 17:45:55.000000000 +0200
+++ pysimplesoap-1.16.2/debian/patches/series	2024-02-07 21:41:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 reorder-type-check-to-avoid-a-TypeError.patch
 Support-integer-values-in-maxOccurs-attribute.patch
 PR204.patch
+python3.12.diff