diff --git a/news/1 Enhancements/14614.md b/news/1 Enhancements/14614.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c17ca45c8ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1 Enhancements/14614.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update shipped debugger wheels to python 3.8.
diff --git a/pythonFiles/install_debugpy.py b/pythonFiles/install_debugpy.py
index cb21efd91927..e9361a6aeb3e 100644
--- a/pythonFiles/install_debugpy.py
+++ b/pythonFiles/install_debugpy.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 EXTENSION_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 DEBUGGER_DEST = os.path.join(EXTENSION_ROOT, "pythonFiles", "lib", "python")
 DEBUGGER_PACKAGE = "debugpy"
-DEBUGGER_PYTHON_VERSIONS = ("cp37",)
+DEBUGGER_PYTHON_VERSIONS = ("cp38",)
 
 
 def _contains(s, parts=()):