diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 75cf4cf..ce337b9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pyspapi
 
 Installation
 -------------
-**Requires Python 3.9 or higher**
+**Requires Python 3.8 or higher**
 
 *Windows*
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 47cf969..f93afe6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ setup(
     packages=packages,
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=requirements,
-    python_requires='>=3.9.0',
+    python_requires='>=3.8.0',
 )