diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c3c74a4..688e606 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Remember that many community members have become regular contributors and some a
 ## Specifically for this project:
 
 ### Setting up the Development Environment
- * Install Python 3.8+
+ * Install Python 3.10+
  * Install the requirements
    ```bash
    $ python3 -m pip install -U pip
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c4b57a6..5195064 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ authors = [
 dependencies = [
     "neo4j == 5.28.1"
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 keywords = ["neo4j", "graph", "database"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -107,8 +104,7 @@ extend-exclude = [
 preview = true  # to get CPY lints
 extend-ignore = [
     "RUF002",  # allow ’ (RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK) to be used as an apostrophe (e.g. "it’s")
-    "SIM117",  # TODO: when Python 3.10+ is the minimum,
-               #       we can start to use multi-item `with` statements
+
     # pydocstyle
     "D1",   # disable check for undocumented items (way too noisy)
     "D203", # `one-blank-line-before-class`
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c7851ec..d0667db 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 .[numpy,pandas,pyarrow]
 
 # for local development
-pre-commit>=2.21.0  # TODO: 6.0 - bump when support for Python 3.7 is dropped
-isort>=5.11.5  # TODO: 6.0 - bump when support for Python 3.7 is dropped
+pre-commit>=4.2.0
+isort>=6.0.1
 
 # for unit tests
-tox>=4.8.0  # TODO: 6.0 - bump when support for Python 3.7 is dropped
-pytest>=7.4.4  # TODO: 6.0 - bump when support for Python 3.7 is dropped
-pytest-benchmark>=4.0.0
+tox>=4.25.0
+pytest>=8.3.5
+pytest-benchmark>=5.1.0
 
 # for Python driver's TestKit backend
 freezegun>=1.5.1
 
 # for packaging
-maturin>=1.7.8
+maturin>=1.8.3
diff --git a/testkit/Dockerfile b/testkit/Dockerfile
index 1c2926a..9382dca 100644
--- a/testkit/Dockerfile
+++ b/testkit/Dockerfile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ENV PYENV_ROOT=/.pyenv
 ENV PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
 
 # Setup python version
-ENV PYTHON_VERSIONS="3.13 3.12 3.11 3.10 3.9 3.8 3.7"
+ENV PYTHON_VERSIONS="3.13 3.12 3.11 3.10"
 
 RUN for version in $PYTHON_VERSIONS; do \
         pyenv install $version; \
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b26e076..579f325 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{37,38,39,310,311,312,313}-{test}
-# for Python 3.7 support (https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/3416#issuecomment-2426989929)
-requires = virtualenv<20.22.0
+envlist = py{310,311,312,313}-{test}
 
 [testenv]
 deps = -r requirements-dev.txt