diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index 8eef5a3b..c6c29ab9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     if: always()
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.x"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.x"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index e323fa86..2758c5e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     if: always()
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.x"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.x"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     if: always()
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.9"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev libnetcdf-dev
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install xarray~=0.18.0 pandas~=1.4.0
+        pip install xarray~=2024.7.0 pandas~=1.4.0
     - name: Install package
       run: |
         pip install -e .[tests]