diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 47b8b151..97fbedca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   Test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.10.11]
+        python-version: [3.10.11]
         os: [ ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022, macos-12 ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b59f30c0..a935283b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ packages = [{include = "lmm_tools"}]
 "documentation" = "https://github.com/landing-ai/lmm-tools"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]  # main dependency group
-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+python = ">=3.10,<4.0"
 
 numpy = ">=1.21.0,<2.0.0"
 pillow = "10.*"