diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f259e28..589505e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "qmllib"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 authors = []
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 readme="README.rst"
 description=""
 classifiers = [