diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 621bc8a..26e6792 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "agent-starter-python"
 version = "1.0.0"
 description = "Simple voice AI assistant built with LiveKit Agents for Python"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 dependencies = [
     "livekit-agents[silero,turn-detector]~=1.2",