diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_build.yml b/.github/workflows/python_build.yml
index dc5483e091..303013baa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_build.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make check-rust
 
   test-minimal:
-    name: Python Build (Python 3.8 PyArrow 16.0.0)
+    name: Python Build (Python 3.9 PyArrow 16.0.0)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=line-tables-only"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Build and install deltalake
         run: |
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index a13886209b..4cbdc67cc9 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ name = "deltalake"
 description = "Native Delta Lake Python binding based on delta-rs with Pandas integration"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {file = "licenses/deltalake_license.txt"}
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 keywords = ["deltalake", "delta", "datalake", "pandas", "arrow"]
 classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",