diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..243bc0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* @nh13
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af1b296..5913112 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 `pip install pyfgaws`
 
-**Requires python 3.8**
+**Requires python 3.9**
 
 # Getting Setup
 
diff --git a/conda-requirements.txt b/conda-requirements.txt
index acf9c18..dfa2abb 100644
--- a/conda-requirements.txt
+++ b/conda-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Setup python version and poetry
-python=3.8.2
+python=3.9
 poetry=1.0.5
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 57d464d..b1379ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include = [
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.9"
 attrs = "^19.3.0"
 defopt = "^6.0"
 boto3 = "^1.13.18"