diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
index 6c90a4e9..e5f67fe3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         pydantic-version: ["2"]
         runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
     name: "🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }} • ${{ matrix.pydantic-version }} • ${{ matrix.runs-on }}"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ac736bc3..c65cab92 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ classifiers = [
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 numpy = ">=1.26.1"
 packaging = ">=24.1"
-python = "^3.8.0"
+python = "^3.9.0"
 pint = ">=0.24"
 pydantic = ">=2.0"
 nglview = { version = "^3.0.3", optional = true }