diff --git a/connectorx-python/pyproject.toml b/connectorx-python/pyproject.toml
index 5b18a8833..7a4fdee84 100644
--- a/connectorx-python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/connectorx-python/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 name = "connectorx" # Target file name of maturin build
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 dask = {version = "^2021", optional = true, extras = ["dataframe"]}