diff --git a/.github/workflows/weaviate.yml b/.github/workflows/weaviate.yml
index 06a4bc289..36c30f069 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weaviate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weaviate.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/integrations/weaviate/pyproject.toml b/integrations/weaviate/pyproject.toml
index 22d3a160d..ede385877 100644
--- a/integrations/weaviate/pyproject.toml
+++ b/integrations/weaviate/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "weaviate-haystack"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "An integration of Weaviate vector database with Haystack"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 keywords = []
 authors = [{ name = "deepset GmbH", email = "info@deepset.ai" }]
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "haystack-ai",
-  "weaviate-client>=4.0",
+  "weaviate-client>=4.9",
   "haystack-pydoc-tools",
   "python-dateutil",
 ]
diff --git a/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py b/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
index 190c23408..12f4ca774 100644
--- a/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ def test_to_dict(self, _mock_weaviate, monkeypatch):
                         "session_pool_connections": 20,
                         "session_pool_maxsize": 100,
                         "session_pool_max_retries": 3,
+                        "session_pool_timeout": 5,
                     },
                     "proxies": {"http": "http://proxy:1234", "https": None, "grpc": None},
                     "timeout": [30, 90],