diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
index 63ebfd9b4c..2e9ee1b37b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         env: ['base', 'fenics', 'mpi4py', 'petsc', 'pytorch']
-        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce51f3768c..c5e8d09d30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ implemented.
 -   Continuous integration via [GitHub
     Actions](https://github.com/Parallel-in-Time/pySDC/actions) and
     [Gitlab CI](https://gitlab.hzdr.de/r.speck/pysdc/-/pipelines) (through the [GitHub2Gitlab Action](https://github.com/jakob-fritz/github2lab_action))
--   Fully compatible with Python 3.9 - 3.12, runs at least on Ubuntu
+-   Fully compatible with Python 3.10 - 3.13, runs at least on Ubuntu
 
 ## Getting started