diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fe05c29..fa43456 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Marius Müller", email = "marius.mueller@physik.uni-giessen.de" },
     { name = "Florian Dobener", email = "pyelli@schroedingerscat.org" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = { file = "LICENSE.txt" }
 readme = "README.md"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy<2.0.0;python_version<'3.10'",
     "pandas>=1.0.0",
     "h5py>=3.12.1",
-    "h5py<3.12;python_version<'3.9'",
     "pyyaml",
     "importlib-resources",
     "rapidfuzz",