diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6e76c92..775d184 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = [
     { name="Prithvi Kannan", email="prithvi.kannan@databricks.com" },
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
   "typing_extensions",
   "pydantic"