diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/package-pypi.yml
index db8a8a46d4..6a03e7d992 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-pypi.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [macos-13, windows-2019]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 2ee7cad371..1e0d3adc95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-13, ubuntu-latest, windows-2019]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
-        include:
-        - os: macos-13
-          python-version: '3.7'
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
     env:
       CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODACY_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -71,12 +68,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.7']
+        python-version: ['3.8']
         dependencies: [
+          "PyQt5==5.15.11",
           "PyQt5==5.14.2",
           "PyQt5==5.13.2",
           "PyQt5==5.12.3",
-          "PyQt5==5.11.3 sip==4.19.8 mutagen==1.37",
+          "PyQt5==5.11.3 mutagen==1.37",
         ]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index f376390d85..2bc6dd3ea3 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Before installing Picard from source, you need to check you have the following d
 
 Required:
 
-* [Python 3.7 or newer](https://python.org/download)
+* [Python 3.8 or newer](https://python.org/download)
 * [PyQt 5.11 or newer](https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download)
 * [Mutagen 1.37 or newer](https://mutagen.readthedocs.io/)
 * [PyYAML 5.1 or newer](https://pyyaml.org/)
diff --git a/picard/util/webbrowser2.py b/picard/util/webbrowser2.py
index 48915cd990..3ef1000192 100644
--- a/picard/util/webbrowser2.py
+++ b/picard/util/webbrowser2.py
@@ -29,12 +29,10 @@
 It handles and displays errors in PyQt and also adds a utility function for opening Picard URLS.
 """
 
-from sys import version_info
 import webbrowser
 
 from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
 
-from picard import log
 from picard.const import PICARD_URLS
 
 
@@ -45,12 +43,3 @@ def open(url):
         webbrowser.open(url)
     except webbrowser.Error as e:
         QtWidgets.QMessageBox.critical(None, _("Web Browser Error"), _("Error while launching a web browser:\n\n%s") % (e,))
-    except TypeError:
-        if version_info.major == 3 and version_info.minor == 7 and version_info.micro == 0:
-            # See https://bugs.python.org/issue31014, webbrowser.open doesn't
-            # work on 3.7.0 the first time it's called. The initialization code
-            # in it will be skipped after the first call, making it possibly to
-            # use it, although it might not accurately identify the users
-            # preferred browser.
-            log.info("Working around https://bugs.python.org/issue31014 - URLs might not be opened in the correct browser")
-            webbrowser.open(url)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3481dc8e00..ea55650754 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ mutagen~=1.37
 PyJWT~=2.0
 pyobjc-core>=6.2, <10; sys_platform == 'darwin'
 pyobjc-framework-Cocoa>=6.2, <10; sys_platform == 'darwin'
-PyQt5-sip<=12.9.1; python_version < '3.7'
 PyQt5-sip<=12.15.0; python_version < '3.9'
 PyQt5~=5.11
 python-dateutil~=2.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51064830c2..6bc3ace77e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 # required for PEP 517
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 
-from picard import (
+from picard import (  # noqa: E402
     PICARD_APP_ID,
     PICARD_APP_NAME,
     PICARD_DESKTOP_NAME,
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
 )
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-    sys.exit("ERROR: You need Python 3.7 or higher to use Picard.")
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    sys.exit("ERROR: You need Python 3.8 or higher to use Picard.")
 
 PACKAGE_NAME = "picard"
 APPDATA_FILE = PICARD_APP_ID + '.appdata.xml'
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ def _get_requirements():
     },
     'scripts': ['scripts/' + PACKAGE_NAME],
     'install_requires': _get_requirements(),
-    'python_requires': '~=3.7',
+    'python_requires': '~=3.8',
     'classifiers': [
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+)',
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
@@ -801,7 +801,6 @@ def _get_requirements():
         'Environment :: X11 Applications :: Qt',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',