diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index 5e9823f2..2e3b18e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.9'
       - name: Upgrade and install tools
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U uv
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.9'
       - name: Upgrade and install tools
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U uv
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           macos-13,
           windows-latest,
           ]
-        python-version: ["3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.9"]
         cloud-provider: [
           aws,
           azure,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
           macos-13,
           windows-latest,
           ]
-        python-version: ["3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.9"]
         cloud-provider: [
           aws,
           azure,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
           macos-13,
           windows-latest,
           ]
-        python-version: ["3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.9"]
         cloud-provider: [
           aws,
           azure,
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
           macos-13,
           windows-latest,
           ]
-        python-version: ["3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.9"]
         cloud-provider: [
           aws,
           azure,
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Prepare environment
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U uv
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index 6192d089..b55a9249 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ Snowflake Documentation is available at:
 
 Source code is also available at:
 <https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-sqlalchemy>
-# Unreleased Notes
-- Fix exception for structured type columns dropped while collecting meetadata
+
 # Release Notes
+- v1.8.0(TBD)
+  - Drop support for python 3.8
+  - Add support for python 3.13
+
+- v1.7.7(July 10, 2025)
+  - Fix exception for structured type columns dropped while collecting meetadata
+
 - v1.7.6(July 10, 2025)
   - Fix get_multi_indexes issue, wrong assign of returned indexes when processing multiple indexes in a table
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b22dc293..ea0d63dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
   "Programming Language :: SQL",
   "Topic :: Database",
   "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis",
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ path = ".venv"
 type = "virtual"
 extra-dependencies = ["SQLAlchemy>=1.4.19,<2.1.0"]
 features = ["development", "pandas"]
-python = "3.8"
+python = "3.9"
 installer = "uv"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.sa14]
 extra-dependencies = ["SQLAlchemy>=1.4.19,<2.0.0"]
 features = ["development", "pandas"]
-python = "3.8"
+python = "3.9"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.sa14.scripts]
 test-dialect = "pytest --ignore_v20_test -ra -vvv --tb=short --cov snowflake.sqlalchemy --cov-append --junitxml ./junit.xml --ignore=tests/sqlalchemy_test_suite tests/"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ gh-cache-sum = "python -VV | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1"
 check-import = "python -c 'import snowflake.sqlalchemy; print(snowflake.sqlalchemy.__version__)'"
 
 [[tool.hatch.envs.release.matrix]]
-python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+python = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 features = ["development", "pandas"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.release.scripts]
diff --git a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py
index 58989f6a..4e77f263 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 #
 # Update this for the versions
 # Don't change the forth version number from None
-VERSION = "1.7.6"
+VERSION = "1.7.7"