diff --git a/.github/actions/build-prql-python/action.yaml b/.github/actions/build-prql-python/action.yaml
index a89e44b4f52c..731a2b24f1be 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-prql-python/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-prql-python/action.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    # There's no point caching here, because the maturin action uses a container.
+    # There's benefit from caching here, because the maturin action uses a container.
     - uses: messense/maturin-action@v1
       if: inputs.target == 'source'
       with:
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ runs:
       with:
         command: build
         args: --release -o target/python -m prqlc/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
+    - name: Add targets for MacOS universal
+      if: runner.os == 'macOS' && inputs.target != 'source'
+      shell: bash
+      run: rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
     - uses: messense/maturin-action@v1
       if: runner.os == 'macOS' && inputs.target != 'source'
       with:
         command: build
         args:
-          --release -o target/python --universal2 -m
+          --release -o target/python --target=universal2-apple-darwin -m
           prqlc/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
     - name: Upload wheels
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml
index b904a48898ec..4e35231f1fc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           path: target/python
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.7"
+          python-version: "3.8"
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: .nox
-          key:
-            nox-${{ hashFiles('prql-python/noxfile.py') }}-${{
-            hashFiles('prql-python/requirements.txt') }}
+          key: nox-${{ hashFiles('prqlc/bindings/python/pyproject.toml') }}
       - name: Run tests and typing
         shell: bash
         run: nox -s tests typing -f prqlc/bindings/python/noxfile.py
diff --git a/prqlc/bindings/python/noxfile.py b/prqlc/bindings/python/noxfile.py
index 7a1b350857b2..7940ee2eb880 100644
--- a/prqlc/bindings/python/noxfile.py
+++ b/prqlc/bindings/python/noxfile.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from nox.sessions import Session
 
 VERSIONS: List[str] = [
-    "3.7",
+    "3.8",
     "3.11",
 ]
 
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
 def _install_prql_python(session: Session) -> None:
     session.install(
         "-v",
-        "--no-index",
+        # We'd like to prevent `prql_python` from being installed from PyPI, but we do
+        # want to install its dependencies from there, and currently there's no way in
+        # plain pip of doing that (https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11440).
+        # "--no-index",
         f"--find-links={Path('..', '..', '..', 'target', 'python')}",
-        "prql_python",
+        "prql_python[test]",
     )
 
 
@@ -29,7 +32,6 @@ def tests(session: Session) -> None:
     """Run the test suite with pytest."""
     print("CWD", os.getcwd())
     _install_prql_python(session)
-    session.install("-v", "-r", "requirements.txt")
     session.run("pytest", str(Path("python", "tests")))
 
 
@@ -37,5 +39,4 @@ def tests(session: Session) -> None:
 def typing(session: Session) -> None:
     """Check types with mypy"""
     _install_prql_python(session)
-    session.install("mypy==1.4.0")
     session.run("mypy")
diff --git a/prqlc/bindings/python/pyproject.toml b/prqlc/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
index e90a3fae2621..942658bb89ab 100644
--- a/prqlc/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/prqlc/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "maturin"
-requires = ["maturin>=0.13,<0.14"]
+requires = ["maturin>=1.0,<2.0"]
 
 [project]
 classifiers = [
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]
 name = "prql-python"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 
 [tool.maturin]
 # This is required because of https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/2135. Instead of
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
 features = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+  "pytest >= 7",
+  "mypy == 1.8.0",
+]
+
 [tool.ruff]
 fix = true
 ignore = [
@@ -30,12 +36,6 @@ ignore = [
   "E731",
 ]
 
-[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-ignore_missing_imports = true
-module = [
-  "pytest.*",
-]
-
 [tool.mypy]
 files = "."
 show_error_codes = true
@@ -44,4 +44,7 @@ warn_unused_ignores = true
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
-module = "nox.*"
+module = [
+  "pytest.*",
+  "nox.*",
+]
diff --git a/prqlc/bindings/python/requirements.txt b/prqlc/bindings/python/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a01035fe40dc..000000000000
--- a/prqlc/bindings/python/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
-pytest-xdist==3.5.0
-pytest-clarity==1.0.1