diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
index 45f6dc1..43cb968 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
+          - version: "3.12"
+            toxenv: "py312"
           - version: "3.11"
             toxenv: "py311"
           - version: "3.10"
             toxenv: "py310"
           - version: "3.9"
             toxenv: "py39"
-          - version: "3.8"
-            toxenv: "py38"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -139,4 +139,4 @@ jobs:
           - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
             with:
               user: __token__
-              password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+              password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1cfd5fe..11d415c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "njab"
 authors = [{ name = "Henry Webel", email = "henry.webel@cpr.ku.dk" }]
 description = "not Just Another Biomarker"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 keywords = ["bioinformatics", "biomarker"]
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 classifiers = [