diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/python3_12 b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/python3_12
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a6735fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/python3_12
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+=app-admin/supervisor-4.2.5-r1 amd64 x86
+=x11-misc/redshift-1.12-r11 amd64 x86
+=dev-libs/libpwquality-1.4.5-r2 amd64 x86
+=dev-libs/libnl-3.9.0 amd64 x86
+=app-pda/usbmuxd-1.1.1_p20231011 amd64 x86
+=app-pda/libimobiledevice-1.3.0_p20240201 amd64 x86
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
index 7068ef7f1..92ee207a7 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
@@ -187,3 +187,6 @@ dev-lang/lua:0
 #not sure why x86 is pulling in the old version
 #forcing upgrade
 <media-libs/audacity-3.3.3
+
+#force sticky upgrade
+<app-pda/libplist-2.3
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/zero-system/make.defaults b/profiles/pentoo/zero-system/make.defaults
index 12bdab18e..223bc852b 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/zero-system/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/zero-system/make.defaults
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ACCEPT_LICENSE="${ACCEPT_LICENSE} NVIDIA-CUDA android google-chrome Google-TOS baudline Intel-SDP Nero-AAC-EULA ms-teams-pre PUEL PUEL-11"
 
 USE="${USE} pentoo-extra zsh-completion -semantic-desktop"
-#USE="${USE} -python_targets_python3_11"
+USE="${USE} -python_targets_python3_11"
 
 PORTAGE_GPG_DIR="/home/zero/.gnupg/"
 PORTAGE_GPG_KEY="0xA5DD1427DD11F94A"
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/zero-system/use.mask b/profiles/pentoo/zero-system/use.mask
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9311ad098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/zero-system/use.mask
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python_targets_python3_11