diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ee15d7c..1b2e2a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ jobs:
       -
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       -
-        name: Set up Python 3.10
+        name: Set up Python 3.11
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.11'
           cache: 'pip'
       -
         name: Install Hatch
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', 'pypy3.9', 'pypy3.10']
+        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', 'pypy3.9', 'pypy3.10']
 
     steps:
       -
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ jobs:
       -
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       -
-        name: Set up Python 3.10
+        name: Set up Python 3.11
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.11'
           cache: 'pip'
       -
         name: Install Hatch
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0cb10f8..689102e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Breaking Change
+
+- Dropped support for Python 3.8 ([#36](https://github.com/stumpylog/tika-client/pull/36))
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Tests failed when run with Tika v3 ([#28](https://github.com/stumpylog/tika-client/pull/28))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cfbfd7e..bba1730 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ license = "MPL-2.0"
 authors = [
   { name = "Trenton H", email = "rda0128ou@mozmail.com" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
   "Environment :: Web Environment",
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dynamic = [ "version" ]
 dependencies = [
-  "httpx~=0.24; python_version<'3.9'",
-  "httpx~=0.27; python_version>='3.9'",
+  "httpx~=0.28",
   "typing-extensions; python_version<'3.11'",
 ]
 
@@ -74,8 +72,7 @@ randomize = true
 dependencies = [
   "coverage-enable-subprocess == 1.0",
   "coverage[toml] ~= 7.6",
-  "pytest < 8.0; python_version < '3.9'",
-  "pytest ~= 8.3; python_version >= '3.9'",
+  "pytest ~= 8.3",
   "pytest-mock ~= 3.14",
   "pytest-randomly ~= 3.15",
   "pytest-rerunfailures ~= 14.0",
@@ -83,8 +80,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 extra-dependencies = [
   "pytest-sugar",
-  "pytest-httpx == 0.30.0; python_version >= '3.9'",
-  "pytest-httpx ~= 0.22; python_version < '3.9'",
+  "pytest-httpx ~= 0.33",
   "python-magic",
   "pytest-docker ~= 3.1",
 ]
@@ -109,7 +105,7 @@ cov-report = [
 ]
 
 [[tool.hatch.envs.hatch-test.matrix]]
-python = [ "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy3.8", "pypy3.9", "pypy3.10" ]
+python = [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy3.8", "pypy3.9", "pypy3.10" ]
 
 #
 # Custom Environments
@@ -144,7 +140,7 @@ update = [ "pre-commit autoupdate" ]
 #
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py38"
+target-version = "py39"
 line-length = 120
 
 # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/settings/
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ lint.isort.known-first-party = [ "tika_client" ]
 max_supported_python = "3.13"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-minversion = "7.0"
+minversion = "8.0"
 testpaths = [ "tests" ]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
diff --git a/src/tika_client/__init__.py b/src/tika_client/__init__.py
index 26ea4af..f635806 100644
--- a/src/tika_client/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tika_client/__init__.py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 from tika_client.data_models import TikaKey
 from tika_client.data_models import XmpKey
 
-__all__ = ["TikaClient", "TikaKey", "XmpKey", "DublinCoreKey"]
+__all__ = ["DublinCoreKey", "TikaClient", "TikaKey", "XmpKey"]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e9789c2..eff7849 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
+from collections.abc import Generator
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Generator
 
 import pytest
 from pytest_docker.plugin import Services