diff --git a/.github/workflows/pydna_test_and_coverage_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/pydna_test_and_coverage_workflow.yml
index 3306b839..0546bba8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pydna_test_and_coverage_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pydna_test_and_coverage_workflow.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ jobs:
         os: ["macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
         python-version: ["3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "3.8"]
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python-version: "3.8"
-            codecov: true
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.9"
           - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -28,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.11"
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.12"
+            codecov: true
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d92fb8f1..846b5965 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ pydivsufsort = ">=0.0.14"
 pyfiglet = "0.8.post1"
 pyparsing = { version = ">=2.4.7", optional = true }
 pyperclip = { version = ">=1.8.2", optional = true }
-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
 requests = { version = ">=2.26.0", optional = true }
 scipy = [
   { version = ">=1.11.3", python = ">=3.12", optional = true },
diff --git a/tests/test_module_contig.py b/tests/test_module_contig.py
index d3c8d479..cb5f6b4a 100755
--- a/tests/test_module_contig.py
+++ b/tests/test_module_contig.py
@@ -46,13 +46,7 @@ def test_contig(monkeypatch):
     cnt2 = asm.assemble_linear()[0]
 
     fig = (
-        "one|14\n"
-        "    \\/\n"
-        "    /\\\n"
-        "    14|two|15\n"
-        "           \\/\n"
-        "           /\\\n"
-        "           15|three"
+        "one|14\n" "    \\/\n" "    /\\\n" "    14|two|15\n" "           \\/\n" "           /\\\n" "           15|three"
     )
 
     assert fig == cnt2.figure()