diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0dba755e..a7f4839e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -280,15 +280,15 @@ jobs:
           - os: linux
             manylinux: auto
             target: armv7
-            interpreter: 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12
+            interpreter: 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
           - os: linux
             manylinux: auto
             target: ppc64le
-            interpreter: 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12
+            interpreter: 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
           - os: linux
             manylinux: auto
             target: s390x
-            interpreter: 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12
+            interpreter: 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
 
           # musllinux
           - os: linux
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: windows
             target: i686
             python-architecture: x86
-            interpreter: 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12
+            interpreter: 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
           # FIXME had link failures, needs investigation
           # - os: windows
           #   target: aarch64
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           manylinux: ${{ matrix.manylinux }}
-          args: --release --out dist --interpreter ${{ matrix.interpreter || '3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12' }}
+          args: --release --out dist --interpreter ${{ matrix.interpreter || '3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13' }}
           rust-toolchain: stable
           working-directory: crates/jiter-python
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [linux, windows, macos]
-        interpreter: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        interpreter: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         include:
           # standard runners with override for macos arm
           - os: linux
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.interpreter }}
+          allow-prereleases: true
 
       - name: install rust stable
         id: rust-toolchain
diff --git a/crates/jiter-python/Cargo.toml b/crates/jiter-python/Cargo.toml
index 71ed7c98..ddcceb38 100644
--- a/crates/jiter-python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/jiter-python/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ repository = {workspace = true}
 pyo3 = { workspace = true, features = ["num-bigint"] }
 jiter = { path = "../jiter", features = ["python", "num-bigint"] }
 
-[features]
-# must be enabled when building with `cargo build`, maturin enables this automatically
-extension-module = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
-
 [lib]
 name = "jiter_python"
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
diff --git a/crates/jiter-python/pyproject.toml b/crates/jiter-python/pyproject.toml
index a45c48a7..2958ef30 100644
--- a/crates/jiter-python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/crates/jiter-python/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [tool.maturin]
 module-name = "jiter"
 bindings = "pyo3"
-features = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
+features = ["pyo3/extension-module", "pyo3/generate-import-lib"]