diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a26e1012a21..2e420aa8666 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   NODE_VERSION: 18.x
-  PYTHON_VERSION: 3.x
+  PYTHON_VERSION: 3.14
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+          allow-prereleases: true
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: |
             pyproject.toml
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ea3afee44c6..77b94c43977 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dynamic = [
   "keywords"
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Environment :: Web Environment",
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ git = [
   "mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin~=1.2,>=1.2.4"
 ]
 imaging = [
-  "pillow>=10.2,<12.0",
+  "pillow>=11.3,<12.0",
   "cairosvg~=2.6"
 ]