diff --git a/copier.yml b/copier.yml
index 65a53e7..988fd12 100644
--- a/copier.yml
+++ b/copier.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,12 @@ use_rust:
 
 python_version:
   type: str
-  default: "3.10"
+  default: "3.12"
   help: Minimum supported Python version
+
+# Computed: mutmut mutation testing needs a base interpreter of 3.13 or
+# greater because the shared workflow's helper scripts require >= 3.13.
+mutmut_supported:
+  type: bool
+  default: "{{ python_version.split('.')[1] | int >= 13 }}"
+  when: false
diff --git a/template/.github/workflows/{% if mutmut_supported or use_rust %}mutation-testing.yml{% endif %}.jinja b/template/.github/workflows/{% if mutmut_supported or use_rust %}mutation-testing.yml{% endif %}.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2de1f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/.github/workflows/{% if mutmut_supported or use_rust %}mutation-testing.yml{% endif %}.jinja	
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+name: Mutation testing
+
+# Thin caller of the shared mutation-testing reusable workflows; caller
+# guides: leynos/shared-actions docs/mutation-mutmut-workflow.md and
+# docs/mutation-cargo-workflow.md.
+# Scheduled runs mutate only files changed within the detection window;
+# manual dispatch runs mutate everything. To test a branch, select it in
+# the Actions "Run workflow" control.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Stagger this cron per repository so estate runs do not bunch up;
+    # existing repositories occupy the 03:05-09:05 UTC band.
+    - cron: "30 9 * * *" # Daily, 09:30 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Default the token to no scopes; jobs opt in explicitly.
+permissions: {}
+
+# Serialize runs per ref: a dispatch during a scheduled run (or vice
+# versa) queues rather than racing. Runs are informational, so queued
+# runs wait instead of cancelling.
+concurrency:
+  group: mutation-testing-${{ "{{" }} github.ref {{ "}}" }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+{%- if mutmut_supported %}
+  mutation:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write # OIDC workflow-source resolution
+    uses: leynos/shared-actions/.github/workflows/mutation-mutmut.yml@859416a90eb3987b46a57682c5d6b8964ad3f0a6
+    with:
+      # Flat package layout: the package directory sits at the
+      # repository root, so no module prefix is stripped.
+      paths: "{{ package_name }}/"
+      module-prefix-strip: ""
+      # Always >= 3.13 here: this job renders only when the project's
+      # baseline interpreter satisfies the shared workflow's helper
+      # scripts.
+      python-version: "{{ python_version }}"
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if use_rust %}
+
+  mutation-rust:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write # OIDC workflow-source resolution
+    uses: leynos/shared-actions/.github/workflows/mutation-cargo.yml@859416a90eb3987b46a57682c5d6b8964ad3f0a6
+    with:
+      # The extension crate is the only Cargo target and lives outside
+      # the repository root, so it is declared as an extra crate and the
+      # root path list is emptied.
+      paths: ""
+      extra-crate-dirs: "rust_extension"
+      # The shared workflow always fans the root target out on manual
+      # dispatch, and this repository has no root crate, so that leg
+      # fails; keep it to a single shard. Scheduled scoped runs and the
+      # rust_extension target are unaffected.
+      shard-count: 1
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/template/pyproject.toml.jinja b/template/pyproject.toml.jinja
index 9f2fddf..e3510ff 100644
--- a/template/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/template/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -294,6 +294,17 @@ enable = [
     "too-many-statements",
 ]
 
+{%- if mutmut_supported %}
+
+[tool.mutmut]
+# mutmut copies the tree before running the suite: tests that read
+# repository-root paths outside tests/ must either add those paths to
+# `also_copy` or guard themselves with a skipif. See the shared-actions
+# caller guide (docs/mutation-mutmut-workflow.md).
+source_paths = ["{{ package_name }}/"]
+pytest_add_cli_args_test_selection = ["tests/"]
+{%- endif %}
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 # Tests automatically killed after seconds elapsed
 timeout = 30
diff --git a/tests/helpers/pyproject_contracts.py b/tests/helpers/pyproject_contracts.py
index 4425daf..1e37b8a 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/pyproject_contracts.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/pyproject_contracts.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def _assert_pyproject_contracts(
     """Assert generated Python packaging contracts."""
     project = require_mapping(pyproject, "project", "pyproject.toml")
     assert project.get("name"), "expected generated project metadata to include a name"
-    assert project.get("requires-python") == ">=3.10", (
+    assert project.get("requires-python") == ">=3.12", (
         "expected generated pyproject.toml to use the requested Python version"
     )
     dependency_groups = require_mapping(
diff --git a/tests/helpers/rendering.py b/tests/helpers/rendering.py
index 2409931..169abe0 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/rendering.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/rendering.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def render_project(
     project_name: str,
     package_name: str,
     use_rust: bool = False,
-    python_version: str = "3.10",
+    python_version: str = "3.12",
 ) -> CopierProject:
     """Render a generated Python project with explicit template answers.
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def render_project(
         Python import package name answer passed to Copier.
     use_rust : bool, default=False
         Whether to include the optional PyO3 extension.
-    python_version : str, default="3.10"
+    python_version : str, default="3.12"
         Minimum supported Python version answer passed to Copier.
 
     Returns
diff --git a/tests/test_template.py b/tests/test_template.py
index a266f11..ad28e96 100644
--- a/tests/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/test_template.py
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 
 from tests.helpers.generated_files import (
     parse_toml_file,
+    parse_yaml_mapping,
     read_generated_text,
+    require_mapping,
 )
 from tests.helpers.rendering import (
     check_generated_import,
@@ -494,3 +496,97 @@ def test_generated_github_workflows_match_act_validation_contract(
         package_name=package_name,
         use_rust=use_rust,
     )
+
+
+MUTATION_WORKFLOW_PIN = "859416a90eb3987b46a57682c5d6b8964ad3f0a6"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("target_dir", "use_rust", "python_version", "expect_mutmut"),
+    [
+        ("mutation-312-pure", False, "3.12", False),
+        ("mutation-312-rust", True, "3.12", False),
+        ("mutation-313-pure", False, "3.13", True),
+        ("mutation-314-rust", True, "3.14", True),
+    ],
+)
+def test_generated_mutation_testing_gating(
+    copier: CopierFixture,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    target_dir: str,
+    use_rust: bool,
+    python_version: str,
+    expect_mutmut: bool,
+) -> None:
+    """Rendered mutation testing follows the interpreter and Rust gates.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    copier
+        ``pytest-copier`` fixture used to render the template.
+    tmp_path
+        Temporary directory where the rendered project is created.
+    target_dir
+        Temporary project directory name for the rendered variant.
+    use_rust
+        Whether the rendered variant includes the optional Rust extension.
+    python_version
+        Minimum supported Python version answer passed to Copier.
+    expect_mutmut
+        Whether the baseline interpreter supports the mutmut workflow
+        (3.13 or greater).
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+        The test passes when the mutmut job and ``[tool.mutmut]`` section
+        render only for baselines of 3.13 or greater, the cargo-mutants job
+        renders only with the Rust extension, and the workflow file is
+        absent when both gates are off.
+    """
+    project = copier.copy(
+        tmp_path / target_dir,
+        project_name="MutationProj",
+        package_name="mutation_pkg",
+        use_rust=use_rust,
+        python_version=python_version,
+    )
+    pyproject = parse_toml_file(project / "pyproject.toml")
+    mutmut_config = pyproject.get("tool", {}).get("mutmut")
+    if expect_mutmut:
+        assert mutmut_config == {
+            "source_paths": ["mutation_pkg/"],
+            "pytest_add_cli_args_test_selection": ["tests/"],
+        }, "expected mutmut configuration for baselines of 3.13 or greater"
+    else:
+        assert mutmut_config is None, (
+            "expected no mutmut configuration below a 3.13 baseline"
+        )
+
+    workflow_path = project / ".github" / "workflows" / "mutation-testing.yml"
+    if not expect_mutmut and not use_rust:
+        assert not workflow_path.exists(), (
+            "expected no mutation workflow when both gates are off"
+        )
+        return
+    workflow = parse_yaml_mapping(
+        read_generated_text(workflow_path), "mutation workflow"
+    )
+    jobs = require_mapping(workflow, "jobs", "mutation workflow")
+    assert ("mutation" in jobs) == expect_mutmut, (
+        "expected the mutmut job only for baselines of 3.13 or greater"
+    )
+    assert ("mutation-rust" in jobs) == use_rust, (
+        "expected the cargo-mutants job only for Rust variants"
+    )
+    if expect_mutmut:
+        mutation_job = require_mapping(jobs, "mutation", "mutation workflow jobs")
+        mutation_inputs = require_mapping(mutation_job, "with", "mutation job")
+        assert mutation_inputs.get("python-version") == python_version, (
+            "expected the mutmut job to run on the project's baseline Python"
+        )
+    for job_name, job in jobs.items():
+        uses = str(job.get("uses", "")) if isinstance(job, dict) else ""
+        assert uses.endswith(f"@{MUTATION_WORKFLOW_PIN}"), (
+            f"expected {job_name} to pin the shared mutation workflow"
+        )