diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
index 015ad77e..49a5b300 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel build
       - run: |
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: "sdist"
           path: "dist/"
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: "wheel-3.8"
-          path: "dist/"
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: "wheel-3.9"
@@ -91,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
           EOF
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - run: |
           python -m pip install twine
       - run: |
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1d3038bd..464bbdd7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ from Cython.Build import cythonize
 from setuptools import Extension, find_packages, setup
 
 python_version = sys.version.split()[0]
-if Version(python_version) < Version("3.8") or Version(python_version) >= Version("3.12"):
-    raise RuntimeError("TTS requires python >= 3.8 and < 3.12 " "but your Python version is {}".format(sys.version))
+if Version(python_version) < Version("3.9") or Version(python_version) >= Version("3.12"):
+    raise RuntimeError("TTS requires python >= 3.9 and < 3.12 " "but your Python version is {}".format(sys.version))
 
 
 cwd = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -114,12 +114,11 @@ setup(
         "dev": requirements_dev,
         "notebooks": requirements_notebooks,
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.8.0, <3.12",
+    python_requires=">=3.9.0, <3.12",
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["tts=TTS.bin.synthesize:main", "tts-server = TTS.server.server:main"]},
     classifiers=[
         "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",