diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a24d11f..500e4f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](/LICENSE)
 [![pypi version](https://badge.fury.io/py/diagrams.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/diagrams)
-![python version](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-%3E%3D%203.6-blue?logo=python)
+![python version](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-%3E%3D%203.9-blue?logo=python)
 ![Run tests](https://github.com/mingrammer/diagrams/workflows/Run%20tests/badge.svg?branch=master)
 [![todos](https://badgen.net/https/api.tickgit.com/badgen/github.com/mingrammer/diagrams?label=todos)](https://www.tickgit.com/browse?repo=github.com/mingrammer/diagrams)
 ![contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/mingrammer/diagrams)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Diagrams lets you draw the cloud system architecture **in Python code**. It was
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-It requires **Python 3.7** or higher, check your Python version first.
+It requires **Python 3.9** or higher, check your Python version first.
 
 It uses [Graphviz](https://www.graphviz.org/) to render the diagram, so you need to [install Graphviz](https://graphviz.gitlab.io/download/) to use **diagrams**. After installing graphviz (or already have it), install the **diagrams**.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46957ee..254e5ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ include = ["resources/**/*"]
 diagrams="diagrams.cli:main"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.9"
 graphviz = ">=0.13.2,<0.21.0"
 jinja2 = ">=2.10,<4.0"
 typed-ast = {version="^1.5.5", markers="python_version<'3.8'"}
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ isort = "^5.13"
 black = "^24.4"
 
 [tool.black]
-line-length=120
\ No newline at end of file
+line-length=120