diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 251b9c1d..9c01fc4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -35,15 +35,13 @@ jobs:
       # https://blog.jaraco.com/efficient-use-of-ci-resources/
       matrix:
         python:
-        - "3.8"
+        - "3.9"
         - "3.13"
         platform:
         - ubuntu-latest
         - macos-latest
         - windows-latest
         include:
-        - python: "3.9"
-          platform: ubuntu-latest
         - python: "3.10"
           platform: ubuntu-latest
         - python: "3.11"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d81b1cc..328b98cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ classifiers = [
 	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
 	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]