diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest-builds.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest-builds.yml
index 73e872a..033d678 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest-builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest-builds.yml
@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        allow-prereleases: true
 
     - name: Install package and dependencies
       run: |
@@ -63,4 +64,4 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Send coverage results
       if: ${{ success() }}
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/release-deploy.yml
index c68cfb5..d825193 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-deploy.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         submodules: true
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 608fc9c..9856a35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 ## pylibjpeg
 
-A Python 3.8+ framework for decoding JPEG images and decoding/encoding RLE datasets, with a focus on providing support for [pydicom](https://github.com/pydicom/pydicom).
+A Python framework for decoding JPEG and JPEG-LS and decoding/encoding JPEG 2000 and RLE, with a focus on providing support for [pydicom](https://github.com/pydicom/pydicom).
 
 
 ### Installation
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ One or more plugins are required before *pylibjpeg* is able to handle JPEG image
 you first have to install the corresponding package:
 
 #### Supported Image Formats
-|Format                   |Decode?|Encode?|Plugin                 | License |Based on     |
-|---                      |------ |---    |---                    |---      |---          |
-|JPEG, JPEG-LS and JPEG XT|Yes    |No     |[pylibjpeg-libjpeg][1] | GPLv3   |[libjpeg][2] |
-|JPEG 2000                |Yes    |Yes    |[pylibjpeg-openjpeg][3]| MIT     |[openjpeg][4]|
-|RLE Lossless (PackBits)  |Yes    |Yes    |[pylibjpeg-rle][5]     | MIT     |-            |
+|Format                    |Decode?|Encode?|Plugin                 | License |Based on     |
+|---                       |------ |---    |---                    |---      |---          |
+|JPEG, JPEG-LS and JPEG XT |Yes    |No     |[pylibjpeg-libjpeg][1] | GPLv3   |[libjpeg][2] |
+|JPEG 2000                 |Yes    |Yes    |[pylibjpeg-openjpeg][3]| MIT/BSD |[openjpeg][4]|
+|High-throughput JPEG 2000 |Yes    |No     |[pylibjpeg-openjpeg][3]| MIT/BSD |[openjpeg][4]|
+|RLE Lossless (PackBits)   |Yes    |Yes    |[pylibjpeg-rle][5]     | MIT     |-            |
 
 #### Supported DICOM Transfer Syntaxes
 
diff --git a/docs/release_notes/v2.1.0.rst b/docs/release_notes/v2.1.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6e9378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release_notes/v2.1.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.. _v2.1.0:
+
+2.1.0
+=====
+
+* Supported Python versions are 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 91faa5a..de37663 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ classifiers=[
 "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
 "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
 "Natural Language :: English",
-"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",
+"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
 "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Medical Science Apps.",
 "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ keywords = ["dicom pydicom python imaging jpg jpeg jpg-ls jpeg-ls jpeg2k jpeg200
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 name = "pylibjpeg"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
-version = "2.0.1"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+version = "2.1.0"
 
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/pydicom/pylibjpeg"
 
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.8"
+python_version = "3.10"
 files = "pylibjpeg"
 exclude = ["pylibjpeg/tests", "pylibjpeg/tools/tests"]
 show_error_codes = true