diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4bf9a8f1..176d97266 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- bump minimum Python version to 3.8.1 to satisfy uv #2387 @williballenthin
+
 ### capa explorer IDA Pro plugin
 
 ### Development
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c95ad6522..2ceeed3f8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ authors = [
 description = "The FLARE team's open-source tool to identify capabilities in executable files."
 readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.8.1"
 keywords = ["malware analysis", "reverse engineering", "capability detection", "software behaviors", "capa", "FLARE"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",