diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 09f27a127a..09d2ca52d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
   prisma-tests:
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, public, linux, x64 ]
     env:
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@39cd14951b08e74b54015e9e001cdefcf80e669f  # v4
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     continue-on-error: true # for now it is ok to fail
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v3
         with:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 68e7b55f7c..ec24bb07d9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def run(self) -> None:
     license="Apache License 2.0",
     name="checkov",
     version=version,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     description="Infrastructure as code static analysis",
     author="bridgecrew",
     author_email="meet@bridgecrew.io",
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ def run(self) -> None:
         "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",