diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
index f9f10e614..f2622e4e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       MONAI_ZOO_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       MONAI_ZOO_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
       MONAI_ZOO_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+        python-version: ["3.9"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install openslide-tools -y
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
-          python -m pip install monai==1.4.0rc11
           python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
       - name: Make html
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 04c69dfcc..4295b9d50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Cache for pip
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache