diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f838ee4b5264bf234c06e08ca5eb4e54c68e3342..edb93f65647e367cb044195b1e81e1957883cdf7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ setuptools.setup(
     #                   'numpy',
     #                   'scipy', 'matplotlib',
     #                   'astropy', 'healpy', 'ccdproc', 'deepCR', 'photutils'],
-    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    python_requires='>=3.8',
 )