diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre_merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre_merge.yaml
index ee5bd10bbc4..9d285c188e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre_merge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre_merge.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python-version: "3.9"
-            tox-env: "py39"
           - python-version: "3.10"
             tox-env: "py310"
           - python-version: "3.11"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index be9c7ce68c7..d5c222cd838 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ name = "otx"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "OpenVINO™ Training Extensions: Train, Evaluate, Optimize, Deploy Computer Vision Models via OpenVINO™"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 authors = [
     { name = "OpenVINO™ Training Extensions Contributors" },
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Cython",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]