diff --git a/prompttools/version.py b/prompttools/version.py
index 5f2dd238..2fed2a1e 100644
--- a/prompttools/version.py
+++ b/prompttools/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.0.16a0+321fd22'
-git_version = '321fd223dc6023ec372ffc7fc17a59b1228e91d5'
+__version__ = '0.0.16a0+1ed2386'
+git_version = '1ed2386bd8038c4e74d011a5c66f5df400d5b3c7'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a6503dfb..5cd5f457 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -98,13 +98,12 @@ def remove_extension(pattern):
         author_email="steve@hegel-ai.com, kevin@hegel-ai.com",
         license="Proprietary",
         install_requires=requirements,
-        python_requires=">=3.8",
+        python_requires=">=3.9",
         classifiers=[
             "Intended Audience :: Developers",
             "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
             "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
             "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
-            "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",