diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient.py
index 97996bd6cbb2..20cae582f320 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/dataflow/internal/apiclient.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-_PYTHON_VERSIONS_SUPPORTED_BY_DATAFLOW = ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+_PYTHON_VERSIONS_SUPPORTED_BY_DATAFLOW = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
 
 class Environment(object):