diff --git a/cmake/set_dependencies.cmake b/cmake/set_dependencies.cmake
index ce237f0..a435548 100644
--- a/cmake/set_dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/set_dependencies.cmake
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 include_guard(GLOBAL)
 
 # Version of Boost to use. It will be used as the argument to the `find_package(Boost)` call.
-overridable_variable(BOOST_VERSION 1.77)
+overridable_variable(BOOST_VERSION 1.78)
 
 # Version of pybind11 to use.
 overridable_variable(PYBIND11_VERSION 2.9.0)
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ overridable_variable(GOOGLETEST_GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googlet
 # `ExternalProject` module documentation of the `GIT_TAG` argument.
 overridable_variable(GOOGLETEST_GIT_TAG main)
 
-set(PYTHON_VERSION_STRING "" CACHE STRING "Version of Python to look for. This \
-variable can be specified by tools run directly from Python to enforce the \
-use of the same version.")
-mark_as_advanced(PYTHON_VERSION_STRING)
+
+overridable_variable(PYTHON_VERSION 3.10)
 
 if(NOT COMMAND FetchContent_Declare)
   include(FetchContent)
@@ -173,11 +171,8 @@ find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 
 # Python
 parse_python_version(_python_version "${PYTHON_VERSION_STRING}")
-if(_python_version_VERSION_STRING)
-  set(_python_version ${_python_version_VERSION_RELEASE_MAJOR_MINOR})
-else()
-  set(_python_version 3.5) # default to Python 3.5+.
-endif()
+set(_python_version 3.10)
+
 
 # Set variables that the CMake module recognizes from variables that the
 # scikit-build build system module may pass to us.
@@ -194,10 +189,8 @@ endif()
 # only, but this time force the module to find it or fail (REQUIRED).
 # Some of our toolchains (when crosscompiling for instance) have the Python
 # library but not an interpreter that can run on the host.
-find_package(Python ${_python_version} COMPONENTS Development Interpreter)
-if(NOT Python_FOUND)
-  find_package(Python ${_python_version} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development)
-endif()
+find_package(Python ${_python_version} EXACT COMPONENTS Development Interpreter)
+
 
 list(GET Python_LIBRARIES 0 _py_lib)
 add_library(python_headers INTERFACE)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc4c529..f33184e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [project]
+name = "qi"
+version = "3.1.1"
 dependencies = [
   "packaging"
 ]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 66c1e53..1c2f52f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
     ],
     cmake_args=['-DQIPYTHON_STANDALONE:BOOL=ON'],