diff --git a/dev/run-tests b/dev/run-tests
index 91a1532a338b..6067caf210eb 100755
--- a/dev/run-tests
+++ b/dev/run-tests
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname $0`"/..; pwd)"
 cd "$FWDIR"
 
-PYTHON_VERSION_CHECK=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info < (3, 8, 0))')
+PYTHON_VERSION_CHECK=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info < (3, 10, 0))')
 if [[ "$PYTHON_VERSION_CHECK" == "True" ]]; then
-  echo "Python versions prior to 3.8 are not supported."
+  echo "Python versions prior to 3.10 are not supported."
   exit -1
 fi