diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index fe22f55..9a0e099 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.12'
+        python-version: '3.13'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install --upgrade build twine
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2a577c6..a61ec03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-        - python-version: "3.8"
+        - python-version: "3.9"
           toxenv: "min"
-        - python-version: "3.8"
         - python-version: "3.9"
         - python-version: "3.10"
         - python-version: "3.11"
         - python-version: "3.12"
+        - python-version: "3.13"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0c33665..6b397b2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ scrapy-spider-metadata
 
 .. description starts
 
-``scrapy-spider-metadata`` is a Python 3.8+ library of utilities to extend
+``scrapy-spider-metadata`` is a Python 3.9+ library of utilities to extend
 Scrapy spiders with usable metadata.
 
 In particular, it provides a nice way for Scrapy spiders to define, validate,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 370a020..82ec430 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ classifiers = [
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "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 :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "packaging>=14.1",
     "pydantic>=1.9",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2475cfc..ebebecf 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ deps =
     pydantic<2
 
 [testenv:min-1x]
-base_python = python3.8
+base_python = python3.9
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
     packaging==14.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ deps =
     scrapy==1.0.0
 
 [testenv:min-2x]
-base_python = python3.8
+base_python = python3.9
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
     packaging==14.1