diff --git a/plugins/python-build/scripts/add_miniconda.py b/plugins/python-build/scripts/add_miniconda.py
index 3ecb80d6..32b191f8 100755
--- a/plugins/python-build/scripts/add_miniconda.py
+++ b/plugins/python-build/scripts/add_miniconda.py
@@ -11,15 +11,18 @@ Also ignores sub-patch releases if that major.minor.patch already exists,
 but otherwise, takes the latest sub-patch release for given OS/arch.
 Assumes all miniconda3 releases < 4.7 default to python 3.6, and anything else 3.7.
 """
+import logging
+import re
+import string
+import sys
 import textwrap
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from collections import defaultdict
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
 from functools import total_ordering
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import NamedTuple, List, Optional, DefaultDict, Dict
-import logging
-import string
 
 import requests_html
 
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ class Flavor(StrEnum):
     ANACONDA = "anaconda"
     MINICONDA = "miniconda"
 
-    
+
 class TFlavor(StrEnum):
     ANACONDA = "Anaconda"
     MINICONDA = "Miniconda"
@@ -102,21 +105,37 @@ class Suffix(StrEnum):
     NONE = ""
 
 
-class PyVersion(StrEnum):
-    PY27 = "py27"
-    PY36 = "py36"
-    PY37 = "py37"
-    PY38 = "py38"
-    PY39 = "py39"
-    PY310 = "py310"
-    PY311 = "py311"
+PyVersion = None
+class PyVersionMeta(type):
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        """Generate PyVersion.PYXXX on demand to future-proof it"""
+        if PyVersion is not None:
+            return PyVersion(name.lower())
+        return super(PyVersionMeta,self).__getattr__(self, name)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class PyVersion(metaclass=PyVersionMeta):
+    major: str
+    minor: str
+
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        (major, minor) = re.match(r"py(\d)(\d+)", value).groups()
+        object.__setattr__(self, "major", major)
+        object.__setattr__(self, "minor", minor)
+
+    @property
+    def value(self):
+        return f"py{self.major}{self.minor}"
 
     def version(self):
-        first, *others = self.value[2:]
-        return f"{first}.{''.join(others)}"
+        return f"{self.major}.{self.minor}"
 
     def version_info(self):
-        return tuple(int(n) for n in self.version().split("."))
+        return (self.major, self.minor)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.value
 
 
 @total_ordering
@@ -190,10 +209,15 @@ class CondaVersion(NamedTuple):
             # https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-python.html
             if v < (4, 7):
                 return PyVersion.PY36
-            else:
+            if v < (4, 8):
                 return PyVersion.PY37
+            else:
+                # since 4.8, Miniconda specifies versions explicitly in the file name
+                return None
         if self.flavor == "anaconda":
             # https://docs.anaconda.com/free/anaconda/reference/release-notes/
+            if v >= (2024,6):
+                return PyVersion.PY312
             if v >= (2023,7):
                 return PyVersion.PY311
             if v >= (2023,3):
@@ -247,7 +271,7 @@ class CondaSpec(NamedTuple):
             md5,
             repo,
         )
-        if py_version is None:
+        if py_version is None and py_ver is None and ver != "latest":
             spec = spec.with_py_version(spec.version.default_py_version())
         return spec
 
@@ -296,8 +320,8 @@ def get_existing_condas(name):
             if v.version_str != "latest":
                 logger.debug("Found existing %(name)s version %(v)s", locals())
                 yield v
-        except ValueError:
-            logger.error("Unable to parse existing version %s", entry_name)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            logger.error("Unable to parse existing version %s: %s", entry_name, e)
 
 
 def get_available_condas(name, repo):
@@ -348,19 +372,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         help="Do not write scripts, just report them to stdout",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-v", "--verbose", action="count", default=0,
+        "-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", default=0,
         help="Increase verbosity of logging",
     )
     parsed = parser.parse_args()
 
-    log_level = {
-        0: logging.WARNING,
-        1: logging.INFO,
-        2: logging.DEBUG,
-    }.get(parsed.verbose, logging.DEBUG)
-    logging.basicConfig(level=log_level)
-    if parsed.verbose < 3:
-        logging.getLogger("requests").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG if parsed.verbose else logging.INFO)
 
     existing_versions = set()
     available_specs = set()
@@ -377,7 +394,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     for s in sorted(available_specs, key=key_fn):
         key = s.version
         vv = key.version_str.info()
-        
+
         reason = None
         if key in existing_versions:
             reason = "already exists"
@@ -385,7 +402,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             reason = "too old"
         elif len(key.version_str.info()) >= 4 and "-" not in key.version_str:
             reason = "ignoring hotfix releases"
-        
+
         if reason:
             logger.debug("Ignoring version %(s)s (%(reason)s)", locals())
             continue