diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b60f46e..dabee885 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-[project] 
+[project]
 name = "osm"
 description = "Open Science Metrics (OSM) client for tracking scientific transparency and reproducibility metrics"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9" # Confirm the required python version since [tool.black] is using a low version
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 keywords = [
   "open science",
   "altmetrics",