diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a118d98343a2fbee4324c4a8afd0807c9582eed..8b46b11af2f6e733e9eefd22f1fd2f69359d5565 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Labfolder converter. It was broken anyway, not used by anyone we know and there were no automated
   tests.  For the time being, it lives on in the `f-labfolder-converter` branch, [issue 67](https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-advanced-user-tools/-/issues/67) is
   there to coordinate resurrections efforts if someone needs it..
+- Support for Python 3.8
 
 ### Fixed ###
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 732bbf6190ab788fb91ba8f41c496504ec80cbf7..c7dd54a96bcfd3d0e96a4f50fc4811610923a6fd 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def setup_package():
         long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
         author='Henrik tom Wörden',
         author_email='h.tomwoerden@indiscale.com',
-        python_requires='>=3.8',
+        python_requires='>=3.9',
         install_requires=["linkahead>=0.13.1",
                           "jsonref",
                           "jsonschema[format]>=4.4.0",