diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 32445b3bfa..570cd45fe4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -246,11 +246,11 @@ jobs:
           - os: macos-latest
             python: pypy3.10
 
-          # Minimum Supported Python Version = 3.8
+          # Minimum Supported Python Version = 3.10
           # This is the minimum version for which manylinux Python wheels are
           # built. Test it with minimum supported Rust version.
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python: 3.8
+            python: "3.10"
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ jobs:
           - os: macos-latest
             python: pypy3.10
 
-          # Minimum Supported Python Version = 3.8
+          # Minimum Supported Python Version = 3.10
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python: 3.8
+            python: "3.10"
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index b38b67cf2d..b62d55969f 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-client"
 version = "2.28.0"
+license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python client for Delta Chat core JSON-RPC interface"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)",
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
     "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "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",
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Communications :: Email"
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 deltachat_rpc_client = [
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 34d8fa13c5..a0b4099fb1 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "cffi>=1.0.0", "pkgconfig"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77", "wheel", "cffi>=1.0.0", "pkgconfig"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
 version = "2.28.0"
+license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 authors = [
     { name = "holger krekel, Floris Bruynooghe, Bjoern Petersen and contributors" },
 ]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Topic :: Communications :: Chat",
     "Topic :: Communications :: Email",
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "cffi>=1.0.0",
     "imap-tools",
-    "importlib_metadata;python_version<'3.8'",
     "pluggy",
     "requests",
 ]
diff --git a/python/tox.ini b/python/tox.ini
index bc320b8796..df5c3c8d30 100644
--- a/python/tox.ini
+++ b/python/tox.ini
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:mypy]
 deps =
-    mypy
+    mypy==1.18.2
     typing
     types-setuptools
     types-requests
diff --git a/scripts/run_all.sh b/scripts/run_all.sh
index a93548beca..5a5ac6130a 100755
--- a/scripts/run_all.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_all.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ unset CHATMAIL_DOMAIN
 
 # Try to build wheels for a range of interpreters, but don't fail if they are not available.
 # E.g. musllinux_1_1 does not have PyPy interpreters as of 2022-07-10
-tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e py38,py39,py310,py311,py312,py313,pypy38,pypy39,pypy310 --skip-missing-interpreters true
+tox --workdir "$TOXWORKDIR" -e py310,py311,py312,py313,pypy310 --skip-missing-interpreters true
 
 auditwheel repair "$TOXWORKDIR"/wheelhouse/deltachat* -w "$TOXWORKDIR/wheelhouse"