diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 05d892d..3b234be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b441059..d0d1223 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Overview
 ========
 
 ``mwsql`` provides utilities for working with Wikimedia SQL dump files.
-It supports Python 3.9 and later versions.
+It supports Python 3.8 and later versions.
 
 ``mwsql`` abstracts the messiness of working with SQL dump files.
 Each Wikimedia SQL dump file contains one database table.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 973140e..6e7eba2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 skipdist = True
 skip_missing_interpreters = True
 isolated_build = True
-envlist = py39, py310, py311, py312, docs, pre-commit
+envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, py312, docs, pre-commit
 
 # Keep python version for docs in sync with docs testenv:docs and .readthedocs.yml
 [gh-actions]
 python =
+	3.8: py38
     3.9: py39, docs, pre-commit
     3.10: py310
 	3.11: py311