diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 78aaa8d..693054e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e88e763..af3b975 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ User-visible changes in "magic-wormhole-mailbox-server":
 ## Upcoming
 
 * (put release-note here when merging / proposing a PR)
+* CI no longer tests Python 3.8 (it is EOL)
 
 
 ## Release 0.5.1 (9-Nov-2024)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61c80de..270648a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ wormhole --relay-url=ws://example.com:4000/v1 send FILENAME
 
 Dockerfile content:
 ```dockerfile
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.11
 RUN pip install magic-wormhole-mailbox-server
-CMD [ "twist", "wormhole-mailbox","--usage-db=usage.sqlite" ] 
+CMD [ "twist", "wormhole-mailbox","--usage-db=usage.sqlite" ]
 ```
 > Note: This will be running as root, you should adjust it to be in user space for production.
 
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@ wormhole --relay-url=ws://localhost:4000/v1 send FILENAME
 
 This library is released under the MIT license, see LICENSE for details.
 
-This library is compatible with python3 (3.7 and higher).
+This library is compatible with python3 (3.9 and higher).