diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 38130c4af2..3ae78986b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
             - name: Set up Python
               uses: actions/setup-python@v3
               with:
-                python-version: 3.8
+                python-version: 3.10
 
             - name: Install calibre dependencies
               run:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ff7d381234..0c049a82fd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [project]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 160
-target-version = 'py38'
+target-version = 'py310'
 builtins = ['_', 'I', 'P']
 include = ['*.py', '*.recipe']
 exclude = [
diff --git a/setup/check.py b/setup/check.py
index 38fe5c7fc4..aa73a07059 100644
--- a/setup/check.py
+++ b/setup/check.py
@@ -200,4 +200,4 @@ class UpgradeSourceCode(Command):
             if '/metadata/sources/' in q or '/store/stores/' in q:
                 continue
             files.append(q)
-        subprocess.call(['pyupgrade', '--py38-plus'] + files)
+        subprocess.call(['pyupgrade', '--py310-plus'] + files)