diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
index ab5c1fe..d0f9c43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.7"
-          - "3.10"
+          - "3.8"
+          - "3.11"
         deps:
           - dev
           - dev,docs
diff --git a/env-v1.yml b/env-v1.yml
index 54a28e4..be85ff0 100644
--- a/env-v1.yml
+++ b/env-v1.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: pyd-v1-yaml
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.8 # minimum targeted version is currently 3.7, but docs need 3.8
+  - python=3.8 # docs need 3.8
   - pip
   - pip:
       - -e ".[dev,docs]"
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index c7099b6..858d675 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: pyd-yaml
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.8 # minimum targeted version is currently 3.7, but docs need 3.8
+  - python=3.8 # docs need 3.8
   - pip
   - pip:
       - -e ".[dev,docs]"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a0c9907..f01afef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "pydantic_yaml"
 description = "Adds some YAML functionality to the excellent `pydantic` library."
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 keywords = ["pydantic", "yaml"]
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ version = { attr = "pydantic_yaml.version.__version__" }
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 105
-target-version = ['py37']
+target-version = ['py38']
 include = '^/src/pydantic_yaml.*\.py' # all .py files
 extend-exclude = '''
 ^/setup.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ extend-exclude = '''
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 105
-target-version = 'py37'
+target-version = 'py38'
 src = ["src"]
 select = [
     "E",  # pycodestyle