diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 31f9fa1b4ceae..0d5f02b3edafc 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [run]
-branch = True
+# Use statement coverage rather than branch coverage because
+# COVERAGE_CORE=sysmon can make branch coverage slower rather than faster. See
+# https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1812 for more details.
+branch = False
 source = sklearn
 parallel = True
 omit =
diff --git a/build_tools/azure/pylatest_pip_openblas_pandas_environment.yml b/build_tools/azure/pylatest_pip_openblas_pandas_environment.yml
index 2d9ca394a6ac9..177d28555f712 100644
--- a/build_tools/azure/pylatest_pip_openblas_pandas_environment.yml
+++ b/build_tools/azure/pylatest_pip_openblas_pandas_environment.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 channels:
   - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.11
+  - python
   - ccache
   - pip
   - pip:
diff --git a/build_tools/azure/pylatest_pip_openblas_pandas_linux-64_conda.lock b/build_tools/azure/pylatest_pip_openblas_pandas_linux-64_conda.lock
index 2a92c51911ff7..a1c2a62d63155 100644
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+++ b/build_tools/azure/pylatest_pip_openblas_pandas_linux-64_conda.lock
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
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@@ -73,15 +76,15 @@ https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/linux-64/pip-24.2-py311h06a4308_0.conda#eff3
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 # pip python-dateutil @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ec/57/56b9bcc3c9c6a792fcbaf139543cee77261f3651ca9da0c93f5c1221264b/python_dateutil-2.9.0.post0-py2.py3-none-any.whl#sha256=a8b2bc7bffae282281c8140a97d3aa9c14da0b136dfe83f850eea9a5f7470427
 # pip requests @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f9/9b/335f9764261e915ed497fcdeb11df5dfd6f7bf257d4a6a2a686d80da4d54/requests-2.32.3-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=70761cfe03c773ceb22aa2f671b4757976145175cdfca038c02654d061d6dcc6
-# pip scipy @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/93/6b/701776d4bd6bdd9b629c387b5140f006185bd8ddea16788a44434376b98f/scipy-1.14.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl#sha256=fef8c87f8abfb884dac04e97824b61299880c43f4ce675dd2cbeadd3c9b466d2
+# pip scipy @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/56/46/2449e6e51e0d7c3575f289f6acb7f828938eaab8874dbccfeb0cd2b71a27/scipy-1.14.1-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl#sha256=5149e3fd2d686e42144a093b206aef01932a0059c2a33ddfa67f5f035bdfe13e
 # pip tifffile @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/50/0a/435d5d7ec64d1c8b422ac9ebe42d2f3b2ac0b3f8a56f5c04dd0f3b7ba83c/tifffile-2024.9.20-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=c54dc85bc1065d972cb8a6ffb3181389d597876aa80177933459733e4ed243dd
 # pip lightgbm @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4e/19/1b928cad70a4e1a3e2c37d5417ca2182510f2451eaadb6c91cd9ec692cae/lightgbm-4.5.0-py3-none-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl#sha256=960a0e7c077de0ca3053f1325d3edfc92ea815acf5176adcacdea0f635aeef9b
-# pip matplotlib @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/13/53/b178d51478109f7a700edc94757dd07112e9a0c7a158653b99434b74f9fb/matplotlib-3.9.3-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl#sha256=d3c93796b44fa111049b88a24105e947f03c01966b5c0cc782e2ee3887b790a3
+# pip matplotlib @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/29/09/146a17d37e32313507f11ac984e65311f2d5805d731eb981d4f70eb928dc/matplotlib-3.9.3-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl#sha256=6be0ba61f6ff2e6b68e4270fb63b6813c9e7dec3d15fc3a93f47480444fd72f0
 # pip meson-python @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7d/ec/40c0ddd29ef4daa6689a2b9c5ced47d5b58fa54ae149b19e9a97f4979c8c/meson_python-0.17.1-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=30a75c52578ef14aff8392677b09c39346e0a24d2b2c6204b8ed30583c11269c
-# pip pandas @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cd/5f/4dba1d39bb9c38d574a9a22548c540177f78ea47b32f99c0ff2ec499fac5/pandas-2.2.3-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl#sha256=c124333816c3a9b03fbeef3a9f230ba9a737e9e5bb4060aa2107a86cc0a497fc
-# pip pyamg @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d3/e8/6898b3b791f369605012e896ed903b6626f3bd1208c6a647d7219c070209/pyamg-5.2.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl#sha256=679a5904eac3a4880288c8c0e6a29f110a2627ea15a443a4e9d5997c7dc5fab6
+# pip pandas @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e8/31/aa8da88ca0eadbabd0a639788a6da13bb2ff6edbbb9f29aa786450a30a91/pandas-2.2.3-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl#sha256=f3a255b2c19987fbbe62a9dfd6cff7ff2aa9ccab3fc75218fd4b7530f01efa24
+# pip pyamg @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/72/10/aee094f1ab76d07d7c5c3ff7e4c411d720f0d4461e0fdea74a4393058863/pyamg-5.2.1.tar.gz#sha256=f449d934224e503401ee72cd2eece1a29d893b7abe35f62a44d52ba831198efa
 # pip pytest-cov @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/36/3b/48e79f2cd6a61dbbd4807b4ed46cb564b4fd50a76166b1c4ea5c1d9e2371/pytest_cov-6.0.0-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=eee6f1b9e61008bd34975a4d5bab25801eb31898b032dd55addc93e96fcaaa35
 # pip pytest-xdist @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6d/82/1d96bf03ee4c0fdc3c0cbe61470070e659ca78dc0086fb88b66c185e2449/pytest_xdist-3.6.1-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=9ed4adfb68a016610848639bb7e02c9352d5d9f03d04809919e2dafc3be4cca7
-# pip scikit-image @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ad/96/138484302b8ec9a69cdf65e8d4ab47a640a3b1a8ea3c437e1da3e1a5a6b8/scikit_image-0.24.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl#sha256=fa27b3a0dbad807b966b8db2d78da734cb812ca4787f7fbb143764800ce2fa9c
+# pip scikit-image @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5d/c5/bcd66bf5aae5587d3b4b69c74bee30889c46c9778e858942ce93a030e1f3/scikit_image-0.24.0.tar.gz#sha256=5d16efe95da8edbeb363e0c4157b99becbd650a60b77f6e3af5768b66cf007ab
 # pip sphinx @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/26/60/1ddff83a56d33aaf6f10ec8ce84b4c007d9368b21008876fceda7e7381ef/sphinx-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=09719015511837b76bf6e03e42eb7595ac8c2e41eeb9c29c5b755c6b677992a2
 # pip numpydoc @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6c/45/56d99ba9366476cd8548527667f01869279cedb9e66b28eb4dfb27701679/numpydoc-1.8.0-py3-none-any.whl#sha256=72024c7fd5e17375dec3608a27c03303e8ad00c81292667955c6fea7a3ccf541
diff --git a/build_tools/azure/test_script.sh b/build_tools/azure/test_script.sh
index 48e5d1041da56..48d018d40c7e1 100755
--- a/build_tools/azure/test_script.sh
+++ b/build_tools/azure/test_script.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ if [[ "$COVERAGE" == "true" ]]; then
     # report that otherwise hides the test failures and forces long scrolls in
     # the CI logs.
     export COVERAGE_PROCESS_START="$BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/.coveragerc"
+
+    # Use sys.monitoring to make coverage faster for Python >= 3.12
+    HAS_SYSMON=$(python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info >= (3, 12))')
+    if [[ "$HAS_SYSMON" == "True" ]]; then
+        export COVERAGE_CORE=sysmon
+    fi
     TEST_CMD="$TEST_CMD --cov-config='$COVERAGE_PROCESS_START' --cov sklearn --cov-report="
 fi
 
diff --git a/build_tools/update_environments_and_lock_files.py b/build_tools/update_environments_and_lock_files.py
index 97ac445e0e425..1c9869cc6be0a 100644
--- a/build_tools/update_environments_and_lock_files.py
+++ b/build_tools/update_environments_and_lock_files.py
@@ -225,12 +225,6 @@ def remove_from(alist, to_remove):
             # Test array API on CPU without PyTorch
             + ["array-api-compat", "array-api-strict"]
         ),
-        "package_constraints": {
-            # XXX: we would like to use the latest Python version, but for now using
-            # Python 3.12 makes the CI much slower so we use Python 3.11. See
-            # https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/pull/29444#issuecomment-2219550662.
-            "python": "3.11",
-        },
     },
     {
         "name": "pylatest_pip_scipy_dev",