diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 3a3dc22a..063f0c0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
         include:
           - python-version: "3.9"
@@ -49,6 +49,30 @@ jobs:
           COVERALLS_PARALLEL: true
           COVERALLS_FLAG_NAME: ${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.os }}
 
+  leading_edge:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install -U pip
+          python -m pip install pip install pytest "numpy>=2.0.0rc1"
+          python -m pip install -e.
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: pytest
+
   coverage:
     needs: tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/src/emcee/ensemble.py b/src/emcee/ensemble.py
index 3212099d..cfef4a57 100644
--- a/src/emcee/ensemble.py
+++ b/src/emcee/ensemble.py
@@ -489,10 +489,19 @@ def compute_log_prob(self, coords):
             results = list(map_func(self.log_prob_fn, p))
 
         try:
-            log_prob = np.array([float(l[0]) for l in results])
-            blob = [l[1:] for l in results]
+            # perhaps log_prob_fn returns blobs?
+
+            # deal with the blobs first
+            # if l does not have a len attribute (i.e. not a sequence, no blob)
+            # then a TypeError is raised. However, no error will be raised if
+            # l is a length-1 array, np.array([1.234]). In that case blob
+            # will become an empty list.
+            blob = [l[1:] for l in results if len(l) > 1]
+            if not len(blob):
+                raise IndexError
+            log_prob = np.array([_scalar(l[0]) for l in results])
         except (IndexError, TypeError):
-            log_prob = np.array([float(l) for l in results])
+            log_prob = np.array([_scalar(l) for l in results])
             blob = None
         else:
             # Get the blobs dtype
@@ -502,7 +511,7 @@ def compute_log_prob(self, coords):
                 try:
                     with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
                         warnings.simplefilter(
-                            "error", np.VisibleDeprecationWarning
+                            "error", np.exceptions.VisibleDeprecationWarning
                         )
                         try:
                             dt = np.atleast_1d(blob[0]).dtype
@@ -682,3 +691,16 @@ def ndarray_to_list_of_dicts(
       list of dictionaries of parameters
     """
     return [{key: xi[val] for key, val in key_map.items()} for xi in x]
+
+
+def _scalar(fx):
+    # Make sure a value is a true scalar
+    # 1.0, np.float64(1.0), np.array([1.0]), np.array(1.0)
+    if not np.isscalar(fx):
+        try:
+            fx = np.asarray(fx).item()
+        except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
+            raise ValueError("log_prob_fn should return scalar") from e
+        return float(fx)
+    else:
+        return float(fx)
diff --git a/src/emcee/tests/unit/test_ensemble.py b/src/emcee/tests/unit/test_ensemble.py
index f0568b27..e7981c89 100644
--- a/src/emcee/tests/unit/test_ensemble.py
+++ b/src/emcee/tests/unit/test_ensemble.py
@@ -183,3 +183,37 @@ def test_run_mcmc(self):
         assert results.coords.shape == (n_walkers, len(self.names))
         chain = sampler.chain
         assert chain.shape == (n_walkers, n_steps, len(self.names))
+
+
+class TestLnProbFn(TestCase):
+    # checks that the log_prob_fn can deal with a variety of 'scalar-likes'
+    def lnpdf(self, x):
+        v = np.log(np.sqrt(np.pi) * np.exp(-((x / 2.0) ** 2)))
+        v = float(v[0])
+        assert np.isscalar(v)
+        return v
+
+    def lnpdf_arr1(self, x):
+        v = self.lnpdf(x)
+        return np.array([v])
+
+    def lnpdf_float64(self, x):
+        v = self.lnpdf(x)
+        return np.float64(v)
+
+    def lnpdf_arr0D(self, x):
+        v = self.lnpdf(x)
+        return np.array(v)
+
+    def test_deal_with_scalar_likes(self):
+        rng = np.random.default_rng()
+        fns = [
+            self.lnpdf,
+            self.lnpdf_arr1,
+            self.lnpdf_float64,
+            self.lnpdf_arr0D,
+        ]
+        for fn in fns:
+            init = rng.random((50, 1))
+            sampler = EnsembleSampler(50, 1, fn)
+            _ = sampler.run_mcmc(initial_state=init, nsteps=20)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d759fa63..c5661748 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{37,38,39,310}{,-extras},lint
+envlist = py{39,310,311,312}{,-extras},lint
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.7: py37
-    3.8: py38
-    3.9: py39-extras
+    3.9: py39
     3.10: py310
+    3.11: py311-extras
+    3.12: py312
 
 [testenv]
 deps = coverage[toml]