more strict limits around python version

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
 
       - name: Install 'build' package
         run: pip install build

.github/workflows/run-precommit.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/[email protected]
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
 
       # mainly needed so mypy will have the dependencies it needs
       - name: Install elementary

.github/workflows/test-github-action.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
 
       - name: Install dbt
         run: pip install --pre

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ documentation = "https://docs.elementary-data.com"
 packages = [{include = "elementary"}]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8,<4"
+# matches the versions supported by dbt as of v1.9, which are probably due to the limits of numpy 1.26.x
+python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
 click = ">=7.0,<9.0"
 dbt-core = ">=0.20,<2.0.0"
 requests = ">=2.28.1,<3.0.0"