diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b3de8ed..d50956e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8e81d0a..1d2293f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "recap"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 description = "Reproducible configurations for any project"
 authors = ["Georg Wölflein <georgw7777@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ include = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.9"
 yacs = "^0.1.8"
 wrapt = "^1.12.1"
 pyyaml = "^6.0.1"
diff --git a/recap/__init__.py b/recap/__init__.py
index c989ab5..63705df 100644
--- a/recap/__init__.py
+++ b/recap/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """The recap package. The most important classes, :class:`~recap.config.CfgNode` and :class:`~recap.path_manager.URI` are available as top-level exports.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.1.7"
+__version__ = "0.1.8"
 
 from .config import CfgNode
 from .path_manager import URI