diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml
index 73fe11a67b..f92a6b57af 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ inputs:
   python-version:
     description: The python version to install
     required: false
-    default: '3.8'
+    default: '3.9'
   use-cached-uv-lock:
     description: Whether to download the uv lock cache.
     required: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yaml
index d1eeffac46..e3bfe3312e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-pr.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: uv sync --no-default-groups --group changelog
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 20a63b7a1b..a5fca778b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         id: setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Build package
         run: |
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index aec1ccff3d..1e48672de0 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ formats:
 build:
   os: ubuntu-24.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.8"
+    python: "3.9"
   jobs:
     create_environment:
       - asdf plugin add uv
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49d7a80dfc..2afc1836eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Key Features
 Installing
 ----------
 
-**Python 3.8 or higher is required.**
+**Python 3.9 or higher is required.**
 
 To install the library without full voice support, you can just run the
 following command:
diff --git a/changelog/1394.breaking.rst b/changelog/1394.breaking.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bab57b3203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/1394.breaking.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Python 3.8 support has been dropped.
diff --git a/docs/intro.rst b/docs/intro.rst
index fd835d28e9..58cde9c70a 100644
--- a/docs/intro.rst
+++ b/docs/intro.rst
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ in creating applications that utilise the Discord API.
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 
-disnake works with Python 3.8 or higher. Support for earlier versions of Python
-is not provided. Python 2.7 or lower is not supported. Python 3.7 or lower is not supported.
+disnake works with Python 3.9 or higher. Support for earlier versions of Python
+is not provided. Python 2.7 or lower is not supported. Python 3.8 or lower is not supported.
 
 .. _installing:
 
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 1e19b704ac..33d2512934 100755
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
 # /// script
-# requires-python = ">=3.8"
+# requires-python = ">=3.9"
 # dependencies = [
 #     "nox==2025.5.1",
 # ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e22fbd07a9..41f27bcbe2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
   { name = "Disnake Development" }
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 keywords = ["disnake", "discord", "discord api"]
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 dependencies = [
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     # it is important that the python classifiers are sorted in the sequential order
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -209,6 +208,10 @@ ignore = [
     "TRY003", # as of 0.12.11 still has some false positives
     "TRY301", # TODO: enable
     "TRY300", # TODO: enable
+    # py3.9 bump
+    "UP006",
+    "UP035",
+    "FURB188",
 ]
 
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