diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 6585066..8a00450 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@main
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index cbeb803..5e8cd4d 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2022 Jesse Michel and Kyle Swanson
+Copyright (c) 2024 Jesse Michel and Kyle Swanson
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8cfefd..b4d80c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Running `python square.py --num 2` will print `The square of your number is 4.0.
 
 ## Installation
 
-Tap requires Python 3.8+
+Tap requires Python 3.9+
 
 To install Tap from PyPI run: 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d802aec..0506d0c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "packaging",
     "typing-inspect >= 0.7.1",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
diff --git a/src/tap/utils.py b/src/tap/utils.py
index 2bf788c..8a69467 100644
--- a/src/tap/utils.py
+++ b/src/tap/utils.py
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ def enforce_reproducibility(
         raise ValueError(f"{no_reproducibility_message}: Uncommitted changes " f"in current args.")
 
 
-# TODO: remove this once typing_inspect.get_origin is fixed for Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10
+# TODO: remove this once typing_inspect.get_origin is fixed for Python 3.9 and 3.10
 # https://github.com/ilevkivskyi/typing_inspect/issues/64
 # https://github.com/ilevkivskyi/typing_inspect/issues/65
 def get_origin(tp: Any) -> Any:
diff --git a/tests/test_actions.py b/tests/test_actions.py
index 8eb6003..cb60dd8 100644
--- a/tests/test_actions.py
+++ b/tests/test_actions.py
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ def configure(self):
         # tried redirecting stderr using unittest.mock.patch
         # VersionTap().parse_args(['--version'])
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info < (3, 8), 'action="extend" introduced in argparse in Python 3.8')
     def test_actions_extend(self):
         class ExtendTap(Tap):
             arg = [1, 2]
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@ def configure(self):
         args = ExtendTap().parse_args("--arg a b --arg a --arg c d".split())
         self.assertEqual(args.arg, [1, 2] + "a b a c d".split())
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info < (3, 8), 'action="extend" introduced in argparse in Python 3.8')
     def test_actions_extend_list(self):
         class ExtendListTap(Tap):
             arg: List = ["hi"]
@@ -196,7 +194,6 @@ def configure(self):
         args = ExtendListTap().parse_args("--arg yo yo --arg yoyo --arg yo yo".split())
         self.assertEqual(args.arg, "hi yo yo yoyo yo yo".split())
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info < (3, 8), 'action="extend" introduced in argparse in Python 3.8')
     def test_actions_extend_list_int(self):
         class ExtendListIntTap(Tap):
             arg: List[int] = [0]
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 97d82b4..e97a44e 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ def test_both_assigned_okay(self):
 
 
 class ParameterizedStandardCollectionTests(TestCase):
-    @unittest.skipIf(
-        sys.version_info < (3, 9), "Parameterized standard collections (e.g., list[int]) introduced in Python 3.9"
-    )
     def test_parameterized_standard_collection(self):
         class ParameterizedStandardCollectionTap(Tap):
             arg_list_str: list[str]
diff --git a/tests/test_tapify.py b/tests/test_tapify.py
index 7e2c2da..9a575f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_tapify.py
+++ b/tests/test_tapify.py
@@ -321,9 +321,6 @@ def __eq__(self, other: str) -> bool:
 
             self.assertEqual(output, "complex things require 1 0 Person(jesse)")
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(
-        sys.version_info < (3, 9), "Parameterized standard collections (e.g., list[int]) introduced in Python 3.9"
-    )
     def test_tapify_complex_types_parameterized_standard(self):
         def concat(complexity: list[int], requires: tuple[int, int], intelligence: Person) -> str:
             return f'{" ".join(map(str, complexity))} {requires[0]} {requires[1]} {intelligence}'
diff --git a/tests/test_to_tap_class.py b/tests/test_to_tap_class.py
index 2bc10f7..c26ba1a 100644
--- a/tests/test_to_tap_class.py
+++ b/tests/test_to_tap_class.py
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
     _IS_PYDANTIC_V1 = Version(pydantic.__version__) < Version("2.0.0")
 
 
-# To properly test the help message, we need to know how argparse formats it. It changed from 3.8 -> 3.9 -> 3.10 -> 3.13
+# To properly test the help message, we need to know how argparse formats it. It changed from 3.9 -> 3.10 -> 3.13
 _OPTIONS_TITLE = "options" if not sys.version_info < (3, 10) else "optional arguments"
-_ARG_LIST_DOTS = "..." if not sys.version_info < (3, 9) else "[ARG_LIST ...]"
+_ARG_LIST_DOTS = "..."
 _ARG_WITH_ALIAS = (
     "-arg, --argument_with_really_long_name ARGUMENT_WITH_REALLY_LONG_NAME"
     if not sys.version_info < (3, 13)
@@ -472,8 +472,6 @@ def test_subclasser_complex_help_message(class_or_function_: Any):
             "--arg_int 1 --baz X --foo b",
             SystemExit(
                 "error: argument {a,b}: invalid choice: 'X' (choose from 'a', 'b')"
-                if sys.version_info >= (3, 9)
-                else "error: invalid choice: 'X' (choose from 'a', 'b')"
             ),
         ),
         (
@@ -493,14 +491,12 @@ def test_subclasser_subparser(
     _test_subclasser(subclasser_subparser, class_or_function_, args_string_and_arg_to_expected_value, test_call=False)
 
 
-# @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 10), reason="argparse is different. Need to fix help_message_expected")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "args_string_and_description_and_expected_message",
     [
         (
             "-h",
             "Script description",
-            # foo help likely missing b/c class nesting. In a demo in a Python 3.8 env, foo help appears in -h
             f"""
             usage: pytest [--foo] --arg_int ARG_INT [--arg_bool] [--arg_list [ARG_LIST {_ARG_LIST_DOTS}]] [-h]
                           {{a,b}} ...
@@ -513,7 +509,7 @@ def test_subclasser_subparser(
                 b                   b help
 
             {_OPTIONS_TITLE}:
-            --foo                 (bool, default=False) {'' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else 'foo help'}
+            --foo                 (bool, default=False) foo help
             --arg_int ARG_INT     (int, required) some integer
             --arg_bool            (bool, default=True)
             --arg_list [ARG_LIST {_ARG_LIST_DOTS}]