diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index 9d618ca0394..228389367e8 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ stages:
               test: rhel/9.6
             - name: RHEL 10.0
               test: rhel/10.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.5
-              test: freebsd/13.5
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.3
-              test: freebsd/14.3
           groups:
             - 3
             - 4
@@ -183,9 +179,9 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: galaxy/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.11
             - test: 3.12
             - test: 3.13
+            - test: 3.14
   - stage: Generic
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -194,9 +190,9 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: generic/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.11
             - test: 3.12
             - test: 3.13
+            - test: 3.14
   - stage: Incidental_Windows
     displayName: Incidental Windows
     dependsOn: []
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/python-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/python-support.yml
index 8b86c3245fb..437bfbb66e6 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/python-support.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/python-support.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 major_changes:
   - ansible - Add support for Python 3.14.
   - ansible - Drop support for Python 3.8 on targets.
+  - ansible - Drop support for Python 3.11 on the controller.
diff --git a/hacking/README.md b/hacking/README.md
index 534a7e4db0e..6eddf2e9e94 100644
--- a/hacking/README.md
+++ b/hacking/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ env-setup
 ---------
 
 The 'env-setup' script modifies your environment to allow you to run
-ansible from a git checkout using python >= 3.11.
+ansible from a git checkout using a supported Python version.
 
 First, set up your environment to run from the checkout:
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/_internal/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/_internal/__init__.py
index 2975a528b6a..35d883b0181 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ def import_controller_module(module_name: str, /) -> t.Any:
     return importlib.import_module(module_name)
 
 
-_T = t.TypeVar('_T')
-
-
-def experimental(obj: _T) -> _T:
+def experimental[T](obj: T) -> T:
     """
     Decorator for experimental types and methods outside the `_internal` package which accept or expose internal types.
     As with internal APIs, these are subject to change at any time without notice.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/_internal/_ansiballz/_builder.py b/lib/ansible/_internal/_ansiballz/_builder.py
index 76c756fe195..5c8671fd080 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/_internal/_ansiballz/_builder.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/_internal/_ansiballz/_builder.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils._internal._ansiballz import _extensions
 from ansible.module_utils._internal._ansiballz._extensions import _debugpy, _pydevd, _coverage
 from ansible.constants import config
 
-_T = t.TypeVar('_T')
-
 
 class ExtensionManager:
     """AnsiballZ extension manager."""
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ class ExtensionManager:
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def _get_options(cls, name: str, config_type: type[_T], task_vars: dict[str, object]) -> _T | None:
+    def _get_options[T](cls, name: str, config_type: type[T], task_vars: dict[str, object]) -> T | None:
         """Parse configuration from the named environment variable as the specified type, or None if not configured."""
         if (value := config.get_config_value(name, variables=task_vars)) is None:
             return None
diff --git a/lib/ansible/_internal/_collection_proxy.py b/lib/ansible/_internal/_collection_proxy.py
index b14dcf386fa..ea3f10e26a9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/_internal/_collection_proxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/_internal/_collection_proxy.py
@@ -3,26 +3,24 @@ from __future__ import annotations as _annotations
 import collections.abc as _c
 import typing as _t
 
-_T_co = _t.TypeVar('_T_co', covariant=True)
 
-
-class SequenceProxy(_c.Sequence[_T_co]):
+class SequenceProxy[T](_c.Sequence[T]):
     """A read-only sequence proxy."""
 
     # DTFIX5: needs unit test coverage
 
     __slots__ = ('__value',)
 
-    def __init__(self, value: _c.Sequence[_T_co]) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, value: _c.Sequence[T]) -> None:
         self.__value = value
 
     @_t.overload
-    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> _T_co: ...
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> T: ...
 
     @_t.overload
-    def __getitem__(self, index: slice) -> _c.Sequence[_T_co]: ...
+    def __getitem__(self, index: slice) -> _c.Sequence[T]: ...
 
-    def __getitem__(self, index: int | slice) -> _T_co | _c.Sequence[_T_co]:
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int | slice) -> T | _c.Sequence[T]:
         if isinstance(index, slice):
             return self.__class__(self.__value[index])
 
@@ -34,10 +32,10 @@ class SequenceProxy(_c.Sequence[_T_co]):
     def __contains__(self, item: object) -> bool:
         return item in self.__value
 
-    def __iter__(self) -> _t.Iterator[_T_co]:
+    def __iter__(self) -> _t.Iterator[T]:
         yield from self.__value
 
-    def __reversed__(self) -> _c.Iterator[_T_co]:
+    def __reversed__(self) -> _c.Iterator[T]:
         return reversed(self.__value)
 
     def index(self, *args) -> int:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/_internal/_json/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/_internal/_json/__init__.py
index 94b53fcc8fa..fd827e68e8a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/_internal/_json/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/_internal/_json/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from ansible._internal._templating import _transform
 from ansible.module_utils import _internal
 from ansible.module_utils._internal import _datatag
 
-_T = t.TypeVar('_T')
 _sentinel = object()
 
 
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ class AnsibleVariableVisitor:
         if func := getattr(super(), '__exit__', None):
             func(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def visit(self, value: _T) -> _T:
+    def visit[T](self, value: T) -> T:
         """
         Enforces Ansible's variable type system restrictions before a var is accepted in inventory. Also, conditionally implements template trust
         compatibility, depending on the plugin's declared understanding (or lack thereof). This always recursively copies inputs to fully isolate
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ class AnsibleVariableVisitor:
 
         return self._visit(None, key)  # key=None prevents state tracking from seeing the key as value
 
-    def _visit(self, key: t.Any, value: _T) -> _T:
+    def _visit[T](self, key: t.Any, value: T) -> T:
         """Internal implementation to recursively visit a data structure's contents."""
         self._current = key  # supports StateTrackingMixIn
 
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ class AnsibleVariableVisitor:
             value = value._native_copy()
             value_type = type(value)
 
-        result: _T
+        result: T
 
         # DTFIX-FUTURE: Visitor generally ignores dict/mapping keys by default except for debugging and schema-aware checking.
         #               It could be checking keys destined for variable storage to apply more strict rules about key shape and type.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/_internal/_templating/_jinja_plugins.py b/lib/ansible/_internal/_templating/_jinja_plugins.py
index 482dabfbb01..a79d9b18067 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/_internal/_templating/_jinja_plugins.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/_internal/_templating/_jinja_plugins.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from ._utils import LazyOptions, TemplateContext
 
 _display = Display()
 
-_TCallable = t.TypeVar("_TCallable", bound=t.Callable)
 _ITERATOR_TYPES: t.Final = (c.Iterator, c.ItemsView, c.KeysView, c.ValuesView, range)
 
 
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ class _DirectCall:
     _marker_attr: t.Final[str] = "_directcall"
 
     @classmethod
-    def mark(cls, src: _TCallable) -> _TCallable:
+    def mark[T: t.Callable](cls, src: T) -> T:
         setattr(src, cls._marker_attr, True)
         return src
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
index da5cacc13bf..2a4ca0f3a71 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if 1 <= len(sys.argv) <= 2 and os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) == "ansible" and os
 
 # Used for determining if the system is running a new enough python version
 # and should only restrict on our documented minimum versions
-_PY_MIN = (3, 11)
+_PY_MIN = (3, 12)
 
 if sys.version_info < _PY_MIN:
     raise SystemExit(
diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index ad28844b8c2..56dca21bbc0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -1689,12 +1689,12 @@ INTERPRETER_PYTHON:
 INTERPRETER_PYTHON_FALLBACK:
   name: Ordered list of Python interpreters to check for in discovery
   default:
+  - python3.14
   - python3.13
   - python3.12
   - python3.11
   - python3.10
   - python3.9
-  - python3.8
   - /usr/bin/python3
   - python3
   vars:
diff --git a/packaging/release.py b/packaging/release.py
index c16b21f1f22..59077ec5eb9 100755
--- a/packaging/release.py
+++ b/packaging/release.py
@@ -1271,11 +1271,7 @@ def test_sdist() -> None:
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 raise ApplicationError(f"Missing sdist: {sdist_file.relative_to(CHECKOUT_DIR)}") from None
 
-            # deprecated: description='extractall fallback without filter' python_version='3.11'
-            if hasattr(tarfile, 'data_filter'):
-                sdist.extractall(temp_dir, filter='data')  # type: ignore[call-arg]
-            else:
-                sdist.extractall(temp_dir)
+            sdist.extractall(temp_dir, filter='data')
 
         pyc_glob = "*.pyc*"
         pyc_files = sorted(path.relative_to(temp_dir) for path in temp_dir.rglob(pyc_glob))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 36035530920..b652ac7dd5e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools >= 66.1.0, <= 80.3.1", "wheel == 0.45.1"]  # lower bound
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 name = "ansible-core"
 authors = [
     {name = "Ansible Project"},
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Operating System :: POSIX",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
     "Topic :: System :: Installation/Setup",
     "Topic :: System :: Systems Administration",
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/validate_modules.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/validate_modules.py
index 29f271afa81..b51582e4e90 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/validate_modules.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/validate_modules.py
@@ -160,11 +160,7 @@ class ValidateModulesTest(SanitySingleVersion):
                 temp_dir = process_scoped_temporary_directory(args)
 
                 with tarfile.open(path) as file:
-                    # deprecated: description='extractall fallback without filter' python_version='3.11'
-                    if hasattr(tarfile, 'data_filter'):
-                        file.extractall(temp_dir, filter='data')  # type: ignore[call-arg]
-                    else:
-                        file.extractall(temp_dir)
+                    file.extractall(temp_dir, filter='data')
 
                 cmd.extend([
                     '--original-plugins', temp_dir,
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/common/constants.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/common/constants.py
index ad412aa23df..4d55c8286ee 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/common/constants.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/common/constants.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 REMOTE_ONLY_PYTHON_VERSIONS = (
     '3.9',
     '3.10',
+    '3.11',
 )
 
 CONTROLLER_PYTHON_VERSIONS = (
-    '3.11',
     '3.12',
     '3.13',
     '3.14',
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/setup/bootstrap.sh b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/setup/bootstrap.sh
index 6947c34f21a..7193bfd16bb 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/setup/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/setup/bootstrap.sh
@@ -187,12 +187,6 @@ bootstrap_remote_freebsd()
         # Declare platform/python version combinations which do not have supporting OS packages available.
         # For these combinations ansible-test will use pip to install the requirements instead.
         case "${platform_version}/${python_version}" in
-            13.5/3.11)
-                # defaults available
-                ;;
-            14.3/3.11)
-                # defaults available
-                ;;
             *)
                 # just assume nothing is available
                 jinja2_pkg=""  # not available
diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index f2dd0a3f405..07b4474dc64 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ lib/ansible/plugins/cache/base.py ansible-doc!skip  # not a plugin, but a stub f
 lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py pylint:arguments-renamed
 lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/advanced_host_list.py pylint:arguments-renamed
 lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/host_list.py pylint:arguments-renamed
-lib/ansible/_internal/_wrapt.py mypy-3.11!skip # vendored code
 lib/ansible/_internal/_wrapt.py mypy-3.12!skip # vendored code
 lib/ansible/_internal/_wrapt.py mypy-3.13!skip # vendored code
 lib/ansible/_internal/_wrapt.py mypy-3.14!skip # vendored code
@@ -237,3 +236,4 @@ lib/ansible/utils/encrypt.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.20
 lib/ansible/utils/ssh_functions.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.20
 lib/ansible/vars/manager.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version-comment  # TODO: 2.20
 lib/ansible/vars/plugins.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version  # TODO: 2.20
+lib/ansible/galaxy/role.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-python-version-comment  # TODO: 2.20
diff --git a/test/units/requirements.txt b/test/units/requirements.txt
index fa461030387..97d7b779c2e 100644
--- a/test/units/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/units/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-bcrypt ; python_version >= '3.11'  # controller only
-passlib ; python_version >= '3.11'  # controller only
-pexpect ; python_version >= '3.11'  # controller only
-pywinrm ; python_version >= '3.11'  # controller only
+bcrypt ; python_version >= '3.12'  # controller only
+passlib ; python_version >= '3.12'  # controller only
+pexpect ; python_version >= '3.12'  # controller only
+pywinrm ; python_version >= '3.12'  # controller only
 typing_extensions; python_version < '3.11'  # some unit tests need Annotated and get_type_hints(include_extras=True)