diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e1bacff08b5843ad97063a4f377ed072fcaa69cb..113549d7bbdd4e8529b787a6f375ff65eca3f8bd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ before_script:
 - pip install -e .[dev]
 
 linting:
-  image: python:3.8
+  image: python:3.9
   tags:
   - passoft
   stage: test
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ linting:
   - flake8 --ignore=F403,F405,F821,F841,W504 mseedpeek
   - flake8 tests
 
-python3.8:
-  image: python:3.8
+python3.9:
+  image: python:3.9
   tags:
   - passoft
   stage: test
diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index dff089a676e98eaa5536f4f7808423c6c78bf893..3fcee5f663548ab7e0a5977f6da00552348a47a5 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python >=3.8
+    - python >=3.9
     - pip
   run:
-    - python >=3.8
+    - python >=3.9
     - pyside2
 
 test:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55feaa3b73e9dd3b69eabdd961df368ac33d6ffb..908ab3c4479d8d91261ce07b7aed0132d1a86d6b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ setup(
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved ::  GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
         'Natural Language :: English',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     ],
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bca3847724d79c3d83cf49857c65b1b640f60df3..2f1ef0ccee9f1d8c231993850923ea7e5f597020 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py38, flake8
+envlist = py39, flake8
 
 [testenv:flake8]
 basepython = python