diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 71bbe3600..4d2f95096 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - '3.8'
           - '3.9'
           - '3.10'
           - '3.11'
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index eb2489921..f2473aed9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ branch.
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-Breathe requires Python 3.8+, Sphinx 6.2+ and Doxygen 1.9+.
+Breathe requires Python 3.9+, Sphinx 6.2+, and Doxygen 1.9+.
 
 Mailing List Archives
 ---------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 11bab09b6..f3a233a5b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ urls.Documentation = "https://breathe.readthedocs.io/"
 urls.Homepage = "https://www.breathe-doc.org/"
 urls."Issue tracker" = "https://github.com/breathe-doc/breathe/issues"
 license.text = "BSD-3-Clause"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
 # Classifiers list: https://pypi.org/classifiers/
 classifiers = [
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",