diff --git a/.github/workflows/local_gateway.yml b/.github/workflows/local_gateway.yml
index 4c2267b..ee04ed0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/local_gateway.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/local_gateway.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         ipfs-version: ["0.30.0"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a868a7..685b83a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "readonly implementation of fsspec for IPFS"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 keywords = ["fsspec", "IPFS", "filesystem"]
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 classifiers = [
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "fsspec>=0.9.0",
+    "fsspec>=2024.12.0",
     "requests",
     "aiohttp",
     "aiohttp-retry",