diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
index 1249cc5a2a..876819a3f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ jobs:
             toxenv: py39-test
             allow_failure: false
 
-          - name: Windows - Python 3.8
+          - name: Windows - Python 3.9
             os: windows-latest
-            python: 3.8
-            toxenv: py38-test
+            python: 3.9
+            toxenv: py39-test
             allow_failure: false
 
           # This also runs on cron but we want to make sure new changes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 999423b382..a251996c46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.9
 
     - name: Install python-build and twine
       run: python -m pip install build "twine>=3.3"
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index ba8003c8dc..ebf3014ba6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Specviz2d
 Other Changes and Additions
 ---------------------------
 
+- drop support for Python 3.8 [#2152]
+
 3.4.1 (unreleased)
 ==================
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 7abe4ea817..ae23f65b3e 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Common Issues
 If you encounter problems while following these installation instructions,
 please consult :ref:`known installation issues <known_issues_installation>`.
 
-Note that ``jdaviz`` requires Python 3.8 or newer. If your ``pip`` corresponds to an older version of
+Note that ``jdaviz`` requires Python 3.9 or newer. If your ``pip`` corresponds to an older version of
 Python, it will raise an error that it cannot find a valid package.
 
 Users occasionally encounter problems running the pure ``pip`` install above. For those
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1d93e092ad..980eb274ff 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ github_project = spacetelescope/jdaviz
 zip_safe = False
 packages = find:
 include_package_data = True
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm
 install_requires =
     packaging