diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2727fcd..6cb25f9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ setup(
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     name='octodns',
     packages=find_packages(),
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
     tests_require=tests_require,
     url='https://github.com/octodns/octodns',
     version=octodns.__version__,