diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc67560cec3352efe2c035d885d10585d892dca6..9ae1b5322b27a0e8e6e52caccaf720a42924bd9b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ extras_require['all'] = sorted(set(
     itertools.chain.from_iterable(extras_require.values())
 ))
 
-python_requires = '>= 3.8'
+python_requires = '>= 3.9'
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":