diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml
index b5cdec1f..6fc31546 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This matrix testing is for versions not already exercised by tests.yml
-# For regular pushes, we just test the baseline Python version, but when pushing
+# For regular pushes, we just test the minimum Python version, but when pushing
 # to main or release, we want to exercise the full matrix.
 name: Run Matrix Tests
 on:
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 13693ad3..1aefc9e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.7"
+          python-version: "3.8"
           cache: "pip"
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.7"
+          python-version: "3.8"
           cache: "pip"
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index ecbaa4bf..4660f296 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.7"
+    python: "3.8"
   jobs:
     post_install:
       - echo "Installing Studio itself in its current state"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6f35b53..8f1b6113 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Optionally a book can be generated as a standalone HTML page, XHTML, Praat TextG
 
 Before you can install the ReadAlong Studio, you will need to install these dependencies:
 
- - Python, version 3.7 or higher,
+ - Python, version 3.8 or higher,
  - [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/),
  - a C compiler,
  - Git (optional, needed to get the current development version).
diff --git a/readalongs/__init__.py b/readalongs/__init__.py
index a0503a40..20e3bcb6 100644
--- a/readalongs/__init__.py
+++ b/readalongs/__init__.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 VERSION = "1.0"
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7, 0):  # pragma: no cover
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8, 0):  # pragma: no cover
     sys.exit(
-        f"Python 3.7 or more recent is required. You are using {sys.version}. "
+        f"Python 3.8 or more recent is required. You are using {sys.version}. "
         "Please use a newer version of Python."
     )
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6bb3ff1c..84dd4c10 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 setup(
     name="readalongs",
     license="MIT",
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     version=VERSION,
     description="ReadAlong Studio",
     url="https://github.com/ReadAlongs/Studio",