diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 94bff63..d4e6775 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-        - "3.8"
         - "3.9"
         - "3.10"
         - "3.11"
@@ -18,12 +17,6 @@ jobs:
           - macos-latest
           - windows-latest
         exclude:
-          # python 3.8 and windows do not like each other here, so we do not support it
-          - python-version: "3.8"
-            os: windows-latest
-          # GH does not support macos and python 3.8
-          - python-version: "3.8"
-            os: macos-latest
           # GH does not support macos and python 3.9
           - python-version: "3.9"
             os: macos-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/variants.yml b/.github/workflows/variants.yml
index 33a0e51..f60f4ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/variants.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/variants.yml
@@ -9,16 +9,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version:
         # we test on lowest and highest supported versions
-        - "3.8"
+        - "3.9"
         - "3.12"
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - macos-latest
           - windows-latest
-        exclude:
-          # python 3.8 and windows do not like each other here, so we do not support it
-          - python-version: "3.8"
-            os: windows-latest
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 75cd3e1..729d174 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 - More fine grained control over plone site creation and purging.
 
+- Drop Python 3.8 in tests.
+
 ## 1.0a5 (2024-06-07)
 
 - Export `OS` environment variable in `mxenv` domain to prevent warning on
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 963a97b..779ec85 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ keywords = ["development", "deployment", "make"]
 authors = [
   {name = "MX Stack Developers", email = "dev@bluedynamics.com" }
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = { text = "BSD 2-Clause License" }
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",