diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7ded2202a..164bd9330 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         db: [mysql]
         python-version:
-          - 3.8
+          - 3.9
         include:
           - db: mysql
             db_port: 3306
diff --git a/docs/dev-setup.md b/docs/dev-setup.md
index f3175a5dc..85fff84ed 100644
--- a/docs/dev-setup.md
+++ b/docs/dev-setup.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Setting up a development environment
 
 Before getting started you will need to install:
 
-- [Python 3.8](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+- [Python 3.9](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 - [Virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/) and [Virtualenvwrapper](https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
 - [git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
 - [MySQL 5.7](https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.7.html)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6d80fa55d..a1355112e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile requirements.in