diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 9d0cd46..41a263a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
   RUSTFLAGS: "-D warnings"
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10" # Because of pandas types
 jobs:
   clippy:
     name: Clippy
@@ -33,11 +34,31 @@ jobs:
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.7.3
       - name: Run cargo fmt
         run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+  python-linting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install Just
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@just
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+          cache: "pip"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install -U pip
+          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -e .[all]
+          maturin build --out dist
+          pip install --no-index --find-links=dist/ prelude-parser
+      - name: mypy check
+        run: just mypy
   test:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1e80c3..227da6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ pip install prelude-parser
 
 Optionally the `pandas` extra can be installed to parse to a Pandas `DataFrame`
 
-Note: Pandas only supports Python 3.9+ so this is not available in Python 3.8.
-
 ```sh
 pip install prelude-parser[pandas]
 ```
diff --git a/prelude_parser/pandas.py b/prelude_parser/pandas.py
index 6ed3c82..59375d9 100644
--- a/prelude_parser/pandas.py
+++ b/prelude_parser/pandas.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from prelude_parser._prelude_parser import _parse_flat_file_to_pandas_dict
@@ -13,9 +12,6 @@ class UnsupportedPythonVersionError(Exception):
 try:
     import pandas as pd
 except ImportError as e:  # pragma: no cover
-    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):  # pargma: no cover
-        raise UnsupportedPythonVersionError("Pandas only supports Python 3.9+") from e
-
     raise ImportError(
         "prelude-parser must be installed with the pandas or all extra to use pandas"
     ) from e
diff --git a/prelude_parser/types.py b/prelude_parser/types.py
index 43d8c28..1c2c13c 100644
--- a/prelude_parser/types.py
+++ b/prelude_parser/types.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+# UP035 and UP006 ignored because Python 3.9 doesn't support the upgrade
+
 from datetime import date, datetime
-from typing import Dict, List, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Union  # noqa: UP035
 
 FieldInfo = Union[str, int, float, date, datetime, None]
-FlatFormInfo = List[Dict[str, FieldInfo]]
+FlatFormInfo = List[Dict[str, FieldInfo]]  # noqa: UP006
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41aa8bf..48db8d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "prelude-parser"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 description = "Parses XML files exported from Prelude EDC into formats usable by Python."
 authors = [{name = "Paul Sanders", email = "paul@pbsdatasolutions.com"}]
 keywords = ["parser", "prelude-edc", "xml", "pandas", "polars"]
 classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Rust",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -29,9 +28,9 @@ documentation = "https://github.com/pbs-data-solutions/prelude-parser"
 dependencies = ["camel-converter>=3.0.0"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-pandas = ['pandas>=2.1.0; python_version>"3.8"']
+pandas = ["pandas>=2.1.0"]
 polars = ["polars>=0.17.14"]
-all = ['pandas>=2.1.0; python_version>"3.8"', "polars>=0.17.14"]
+all = ["pandas>=2.1.0", "polars>=0.17.14"]
 
 [tool.maturin]
 module-name = "prelude_parser._prelude_parser"
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ disallow_untyped_defs = false
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py38"
+target-version = "py39"
 fix = true
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
diff --git a/tests/test_pandas.py b/tests/test_pandas.py
index 66112bb..bead39d 100644
--- a/tests/test_pandas.py
+++ b/tests/test_pandas.py
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-import sys
+import pandas as pd
 
-import pytest
+from prelude_parser.pandas import to_dataframe
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
-    import pandas as pd
 
-    from prelude_parser.pandas import to_dataframe
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 9), reason="Pandas only supports 3.9+")
 def test_pandas_to_dataframe(test_file_1):
     result = to_dataframe(test_file_1)
     data = {
@@ -32,7 +26,6 @@ def test_pandas_to_dataframe(test_file_1):
     assert expected.equals(result)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 9), reason="Pandas only supports 3.9+")
 def test_pandas_to_dataframe_short_names(test_file_4):
     result = to_dataframe(test_file_4, short_names=True)
     data = {