diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c8d24134ef08a102ae319241e6c76afc0160708..19f78eea78d602f57969d15422a3f850c5a4ce84 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
     { name = "swittl", email = "simon.wittl@th-deg.de" }
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "matplotlib<=3.9",
     "numpy>=1.23",