diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ef7acbab..4ab037d7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0.0"
+python = ">=3.9,<4.0.0"
 torch = "2.1.1"
 transformers = "4.37.1"
 openai = "0.28.0"