diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7ed98a..82fe48c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Docker works like a virtual machine running inside your computer, it isolates ev
 
 <details><summary><code>Python package instructions</code></summary>
 
-1. make sure you have python 3.8 or higher installed
+1. make sure you have python 3.10 or higher installed
 2. install the package `pip/pipenv/conda install auto-archiver`
 3. test it's installed with `auto-archiver --help`
 4. run it with your orchestration file and pass any flags you want in the command line `auto-archiver --config secrets/orchestration.yaml` if your orchestration file is inside a `secrets/`, which we advise
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2dc7f50..7c256ab 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ package_dir=
     =src
 packages=find:
 find_packages=true
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.10
 
 [options.package_data]
 * = *.html