diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9fbc8cc8..42b50d8c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ### 3.29.0 (2023-xx-xx xx:xx:00 UTC)
 
+* Change minimum required Python to version 3.8
 * Update Apprise 1.2.1 (3d07004) to 1.3.0 (6458ab0)
 * Update attr 22.2.0 (a9960de) to 22.2.0 (683d056)
 * Update diskcache 5.4.0 (1cb1425) to 5.6.1 (4d30686)
diff --git a/sickgear.py b/sickgear.py
index b664f58f..0b5925dc 100755
--- a/sickgear.py
+++ b/sickgear.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', module=r'.*ssl_.*', message='.*SSLContext obje
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', module=r'.*zoneinfo.*', message='.*file or directory.*')
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', message='.*deprecated in cryptography.*')
 
-versions = [((3, 7, 1), (3, 8, 16)),
+versions = [((3, 8, 0), (3, 8, 16)),
             ((3, 9, 0), (3, 9, 2)), ((3, 9, 4), (3, 9, 16)),
             ((3, 10, 0), (3, 11, 3))]  # inclusive version ranges
 if not any(list(map(lambda v: v[0] <= sys.version_info[:3] <= v[1], versions))) and not int(os.environ.get('PYT', 0)):
diff --git a/sickgear/py_requirement.data b/sickgear/py_requirement.data
index 548d7136..98fccd6d 100644
--- a/sickgear/py_requirement.data
+++ b/sickgear/py_requirement.data
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.7
\ No newline at end of file
+3.8
\ No newline at end of file