diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8d8ecfa..b21b383 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 name = "json-store"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = []
 
 authors = [{name = "jeremy avnet", email = "json-store@theory.org"}]
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ classifiers = [
 
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]