diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ce61e791..ad08b7ab 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ For developers who want to contribute to this package or run tests locally, foll
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- Python 3.9 or later
+- Python 3.10 or later
 - Git
 - Powershell
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ To provide a more useful version number, set the `PYTHON_VERSION` environment va
 The internal Azure Quantum Python SDK client (`azure/quantum/_client`) needs to be re-generated every time there is a change in the [Azure Quantum Service API definition](https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/quantum/data-plane) (aka Swagger).
 
 ### Prerequisites
-- Python 3.8 (or later)
+- Python 3.10 (or later)
 - NodeJS 18.3 LTS (or later)
 
 ### Setup your repo
diff --git a/azure-quantum/setup.py b/azure-quantum/setup.py
index a91083dc..4eb61773 100644
--- a/azure-quantum/setup.py
+++ b/azure-quantum/setup.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def read_requirements(requirement_file: str) -> list[str]:
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.10",
     install_requires=requirements,
     extras_require=extras_require
 )