diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 84c7724..d2d6fea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Install dependencies - Windows
         run: choco install wget
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ jobs:
         run: coveralls --service=github
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f20f616..baae3df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(where="src/python"),
     package_dir={"": "src/python"},
     keywords="etl parse covid-19 medical scientific papers",
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=[
         "beautifulsoup4>=4.8.1",
         "elasticsearch>=7.8.0",