diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 10ea553..27580e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       strategy:
         matrix:
-          python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+          python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
       
       steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
         - run: UV_PYTHON=${{ matrix.python-version }} uv run pytest
-        
\ No newline at end of file
+        
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e2df88..8cee49b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 [project]
 name = "doc901"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "ruff",
     "rich",