diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fd8a5d1..1e24d57 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Topic :: Software Development",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/python/mypy_extensions"