diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 84a3718..e43e122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ab55764..432f5ab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ requires = ["setuptools",
             "wheel",
             "cython",
             "numpy>=2.0.0; python_version>='3.9'",
-            "oldest_supported_numpy; python_version<'3.9'"]]
+            "oldest_supported_numpy; python_version<'3.9'"]