diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5a5ddb0a..a56c515b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: set up conda environment
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml
index f8eb64d5..3284c73a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.10
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.10
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: releases
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0efc9d97..ccca61b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = ['py38']
+target-version = ['py39', 'py310', 'py311',  'py312']
 skip-string-normalization = true
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b1578c6..c27b753a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
     'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
     'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
 ]
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
     description='A lightweight interface for working with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model output in Xarray.',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
     maintainer='xWRF Developers',
     classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
     url='https://xwrf.readthedocs.io',