diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 53cf652..8675d12 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=68.0.0"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__"
\ No newline at end of file
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1883840..661d9e9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def get_version():
 
 setup(
     name='pyfiglet',
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     version=get_version(),
     description='Pure-python FIGlet implementation',
     long_description=open("README.md").read(),