diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_coverage.yml
index 1fa03e2..b804dbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_coverage.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest] # windows-latest: do not work. antspyx is not available for windows
-                python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+                python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
                 exclude:
                 -   os: macOS-latest # anstpyx install is messed up with macOS and python 3.9
                     python-version: '3.9'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d423276..957dc41 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 name = "bidsmreye"
 description = "bids app using deepMReye to decode eye motion for fMRI time series data"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9.0"
 license = { file="LICENSE" }
 authors = [
   { name = "Remi Gau", email = "remi.gau@gmail.com" },
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)",
     "Operating System :: Unix",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",