diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index dec9e544..77eb88e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.11
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.11
+        python-version: 3.12
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy-odbserver.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy-odbserver.yml
index c1bec3e4..a4b5db09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy-odbserver.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy-odbserver.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Install setuptools
         run: |
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Install setuptools
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml
index 0059b12c..e837934d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-deploy.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.21.1
         env:
-          CIBW_BUILD: cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*
+          CIBW_BUILD: cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-* cp313-*
           CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 6d9aae25..6eea9edd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         include:
           - python-version: "3.13"
             only-minimal: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheelbuild-benchmark-test.yml b/.github/workflows/wheelbuild-benchmark-test.yml
index 431284a4..18a138aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheelbuild-benchmark-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheelbuild-benchmark-test.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ name: Build wheels and perform benchmarks
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [develop, master]
+  push:
+    branches: [ci-debug]
 
-env:
-  CIBW_BUILD: cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*
-  CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
-  CIBW_MANYLINUX_I686_IMAGE: manylinux2014
 
 jobs:
   build_wheels:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 488ee2f6..12d6c648 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ package_dir =
     =src
 
 # Require a min/specific Python version (comma-separated conditions)
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 
 # Add here dependencies of your project (line-separated), e.g. requests>=2.2,<3.0.
 # Version specifiers like >=2.2,<3.0 avoid problems due to API changes in