diff --git a/auto_round/export/export_to_itrex/bit_packer.py b/auto_round/export/export_to_itrex/bit_packer.py
index 44cd708ff..d3f323a6c 100644
--- a/auto_round/export/export_to_itrex/bit_packer.py
+++ b/auto_round/export/export_to_itrex/bit_packer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Tuple
 
-import numba
+try:
+    import numba
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError("Numba is required to use bit_packer module. Please install numba with `pip install numba`.")
 import numpy as np
 
 #  key: (bits, compress_bits), value: pack function
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6b432993d..c142a76b1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ numpy < 2.0
 tqdm
 packaging
 pillow
-numba
 tbb
 torch
 transformers>=4.38
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 338683125..152359b19 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def fetch_requirements(path):
         packages=include_packages,
         install_requires=install_requires,
         extras_require=extras_require,
-        python_requires=">=3.7.0",
+        python_requires=">=3.10.0",
         classifiers=[
             "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
diff --git a/test/test_cpu/requirements.txt b/test/test_cpu/requirements.txt
index 9ce86165d..976d2e2c3 100644
--- a/test/test_cpu/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/test_cpu/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ gguf
 torchvision
 compressed-tensors
 parameterized
+numba
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_cuda/requirements.txt b/test/test_cuda/requirements.txt
index a1f11760c..37b596c47 100644
--- a/test/test_cuda/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/test_cuda/requirements.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ py-cpuinfo
 torch
 torchvision
 tqdm
+numba
 transformers
 vllm>=0.8.5.post1
 compressed-tensors