From 091794aa3a75f576456a7827fd659fef5f525ddb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Huwe <42071634+PaulHuwe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:31:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] RAD-135 Updated minimum python version. (#325)

* Updated minimum python version.

* Update changelog.
---
 CHANGES.rst    | 2 ++
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 21e38a3e..b570bc96 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 - Removed ``err`` array from dark schema. [#324]
 
+- Updated minimum python version to 3.9. [#325]
+
 0.17.1 (2023-08-03)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42ca8608..e4a7d08c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = 'rad'
 description = 'Roman Attribute Dictionary'
 readme = { file = 'README.md', content-type = 'text/markdown' }
-requires-python = '>=3.6'
+requires-python = '>=3.9'
 license = { file = 'LICENSE' }
 authors = [{ name = 'STScI', email = 'help@stsci.edu' }]
 classifiers = [