diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yaml b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
index 8b9e479cf9..70d626e390 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ jobs:
- "3.11"
- "3.10"
- "3.9"
- - "3.8"
os:
- ubuntu-latest
- windows-latest
diff --git a/docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17a92adf91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop support for EOL Python 3.8.
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index dbb94a75b4..728652c79e 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Installation
As tool
--------
-:pypi:`tox` is a CLI tool that needs a Python interpreter (version 3.7 or higher) to run. We recommend either
+:pypi:`tox` is a CLI tool that needs a Python interpreter (version 3.9 or higher) to run. We recommend either
:pypi:`pipx` or :pypi:`uv` to install tox into an isolated environment. This has the added benefit that later you'll
be able to upgrade tox without affecting other parts of the system. We provide method for ``pip`` too here but we
discourage that path if you can:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Python and OS Compatibility
tox works with the following Python interpreter implementations:
-- `CPython `_ versions 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
+- `CPython `_ versions 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
This means tox works on the latest patch version of each of these minor versions. Previous patch versions are supported
on a best effort approach.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9b52c2f364..2d8adb03d9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ maintainers = [
authors = [
{ name = "Bernát Gábor", email = "gaborjbernat@gmail.com" },
]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
classifiers = [
"Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
"Framework :: tox",
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ classifiers = [
"Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
"Operating System :: POSIX",
"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",
diff --git a/tox.toml b/tox.toml
index 8889cb5a7f..55ebb9f471 100644
--- a/tox.toml
+++ b/tox.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
requires = ["tox>=4.24.1"]
-env_list = ["fix", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "3.8", "cov", "type", "docs", "pkg_meta"]
+env_list = ["fix", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "cov", "type", "docs", "pkg_meta"]
skip_missing_interpreters = true
[env_run_base]