diff --git a/dev_scripts/qa.py b/dev_scripts/qa.py
index 8bc95b7..956794d 100755
--- a/dev_scripts/qa.py
+++ b/dev_scripts/qa.py
@@ -3,14 +3,21 @@
 import abc
 import argparse
 import difflib
+import json
 import logging
 import re
 import selectors
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+PYTHON_VERSION_STR = "3.12"
+PYTHON_VERSION = [int(num) for num in PYTHON_VERSION_STR.split(".")]
+EOL_PYTHON_URL = "https://endoflife.date/api/python.json"
+
 CONTENT_QA = r"""## QA
 
 To ensure that new releases do not introduce regressions, and support existing
@@ -776,6 +783,10 @@ class QABase(abc.ABC):
                 self.prompt("Does it pass?", choices=["y", "n"])
         logger.info("Successfully completed QA scenarios")
 
+    @task("Download Tesseract data", auto=True)
+    def download_tessdata(self):
+        self.run("python", str(Path("install", "common", "download-tessdata.py")))
+
     @classmethod
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def get_id(cls):
@@ -802,6 +813,31 @@ class QAWindows(QABase):
         while msvcrt.kbhit():
             msvcrt.getch()
 
+    @QABase.task(
+        f"Install the latest version of Python {PYTHON_VERSION_STR}", ref=REF_BUILD
+    )
+    def install_python(self):
+        cur_version = list(sys.version_info[:3])
+
+        logger.info("Getting latest Python release")
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(EOL_PYTHON_URL) as f:
+            resp = f.read()
+            releases = json.loads(resp)
+            for release in releases:
+                if release["cycle"] == PYTHON_VERSION_STR:
+                    latest_version = [int(num) for num in release["latest"].split(".")]
+                    if latest_version > cur_version:
+                        self.prompt(
+                            f"You need to install the latest Python version ({release['latest']})"
+                        )
+                    elif latest_version == cur_version:
+                        logger.info(
+                            f"Verified that the latest Python version ({release['latest']}) is installed"
+                        )
+                        return
+
+        logger.error("Could not verify that the latest Python version is installed")
+
     @QABase.task("Install and Run Docker Desktop", ref=REF_BUILD)
     def install_docker(self):
         logger.info("Checking if Docker Desktop is installed and running")
@@ -816,7 +852,7 @@ class QAWindows(QABase):
     )
     def install_poetry(self):
         self.run("python", "-m", "pip", "install", "poetry")
-        self.run("poetry", "install")
+        self.run("poetry", "install", "--sync")
 
     @QABase.task("Build Dangerzone container image", ref=REF_BUILD, auto=True)
     def build_image(self):
@@ -838,9 +874,11 @@ class QAWindows(QABase):
         return "windows"
 
     def start(self):
+        self.install_python()
         self.install_docker()
         self.install_poetry()
         self.build_image()
+        self.download_tessdata()
         self.run_tests()
         self.build_dangerzone_exe()
 
@@ -933,6 +971,7 @@ class QALinux(QABase):
     def start(self):
         self.build_dev_image()
         self.build_container_image()
+        self.download_tessdata()
         self.run_tests()
         self.build_package()
         self.build_qa_image()