diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 2ce67499911..c4722b3ba3e 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ test_task:
     # avoid failures on tests that depend on it.
     SHELL: sh
     matrix:
-      - PYTHON: python3.7
       - PYTHON: python3.8
       - PYTHON: python3.9
       - PYTHON: python3.10
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 2780c9c145e..b49510aad91 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
-min_python_version = 3.7.0
+min_python_version = 3.8.0
 max-line-length = 88
 ban-relative-imports = true
 # flake8-use-fstring: https://github.com/MichaelKim0407/flake8-use-fstring#--percent-greedy-and---format-greedy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a7d2ee447ba..8e98013e101 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [Ubuntu, macOS, Windows]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         include:
           - os: Ubuntu
             image: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/skip.yml b/.github/workflows/skip.yml
index be69a320bbb..599009dc3ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/skip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/skip.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [Ubuntu, macOS, Windows]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - run: exit 0
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c0d132dd9a5..dfb9506ae1d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v3.3.1
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
-        args: [--py37-plus]
+        args: [--py38-plus]
         exclude: ^(install|get)-poetry.py$
 
   - repo: https://github.com/hadialqattan/pycln
diff --git a/docs/_index.md b/docs/_index.md
index ebe15c88b62..329dfdbe99f 100644
--- a/docs/_index.md
+++ b/docs/_index.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Poetry offers a lockfile to ensure repeatable installs, and can build your proje
 
 ## System requirements
 
-Poetry requires **Python 3.7+**. It is multi-platform and the goal is to make it work equally well
+Poetry requires **Python 3.8+**. It is multi-platform and the goal is to make it work equally well
 on Linux, macOS and Windows.
 
 ## Installation
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index dff3d459c4c..228ba72a9af 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@ docs = ["furo", "myst-parser", "sphinx", "sphinx-notfound-page", "sphinxcontrib-
 tests = ["attrs[tests-no-zope]", "zope.interface"]
 tests-no-zope = ["cloudpickle", "cloudpickle", "hypothesis", "hypothesis", "mypy (>=0.971,<0.990)", "mypy (>=0.971,<0.990)", "pympler", "pympler", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "pytest-xdist[psutil]", "pytest-xdist[psutil]"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "backports-cached-property"
-version = "1.0.2"
-description = "cached_property() - computed once per instance, cached as attribute"
-category = "main"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6.0"
-files = [
-    {file = "backports.cached-property-1.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9306f9eed6ec55fd156ace6bc1094e2c86fae5fb2bf07b6a9c00745c656e75dd"},
-    {file = "backports.cached_property-1.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:baeb28e1cd619a3c9ab8941431fe34e8490861fb998c6c4590693d50171db0cc"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "build"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -45,7 +33,6 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "os_name == \"nt\""}
-importlib-metadata = {version = ">=0.22", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 packaging = ">=19.0"
 pyproject_hooks = "*"
 tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
@@ -562,7 +549,6 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-typing-extensions = {version = "*", markers = "python_version <= \"3.7\""}
 urllib3 = ">=1.25"
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -690,7 +676,6 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.6.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 zipp = ">=0.5"
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -790,11 +775,9 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 attrs = ">=17.4.0"
-importlib-metadata = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 importlib-resources = {version = ">=1.4.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.9\""}
 pkgutil-resolve-name = {version = ">=1.3.10", markers = "python_version < \"3.9\""}
 pyrsistent = ">=0.14.0,<0.17.0 || >0.17.0,<0.17.1 || >0.17.1,<0.17.2 || >0.17.2"
-typing-extensions = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 format = ["fqdn", "idna", "isoduration", "jsonpointer (>1.13)", "rfc3339-validator", "rfc3987", "uri-template", "webcolors (>=1.11)"]
@@ -950,7 +933,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
 tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
-typed-ast = {version = ">=1.4.0,<2", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 typing-extensions = ">=3.10"
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -1121,9 +1103,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "platformdirs-2.6.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e1fea1fe471b9ff8332e229df3cb7de4f53eeea4998d3b6bfff542115e998bd2"},
 ]
 
-[package.dependencies]
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
-
 [package.extras]
 docs = ["furo (>=2022.12.7)", "proselint (>=0.13)", "sphinx (>=5.3)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.19.5)"]
 test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.2.2)", "pytest (>=7.2)", "pytest-cov (>=4)", "pytest-mock (>=3.10)"]
@@ -1140,9 +1119,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "pluggy-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4224373bacce55f955a878bf9cfa763c1e360858e330072059e10bad68531159"},
 ]
 
-[package.dependencies]
-importlib-metadata = {version = ">=0.12", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
-
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["pre-commit", "tox"]
 testing = ["pytest", "pytest-benchmark"]
@@ -1159,9 +1135,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "poetry_core-1.5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:41887261358863f25831fa0ad1fe7e451fc32d1c81fcf7710ba5174cc0047c6d"},
 ]
 
-[package.dependencies]
-importlib-metadata = {version = ">=1.7.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
-
 [[package]]
 name = "poetry-plugin-export"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1193,7 +1166,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 cfgv = ">=2.0.0"
 identify = ">=1.0.0"
-importlib-metadata = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 nodeenv = ">=0.11.1"
 pyyaml = ">=5.1"
 virtualenv = ">=20.10.0"
@@ -1317,7 +1289,6 @@ files = [
 attrs = ">=19.2.0"
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 exceptiongroup = {version = ">=1.0.0rc8", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
-importlib-metadata = {version = ">=0.12", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 iniconfig = "*"
 packaging = "*"
 pluggy = ">=0.12,<2.0"
@@ -1710,40 +1681,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "trove_classifiers-2023.2.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3aff899dd9792c4d095740980a5967eb98094ff881faf0b29afc775b75aaaac6"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typed-ast"
-version = "1.5.4"
-description = "a fork of Python 2 and 3 ast modules with type comment support"
-category = "dev"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
-files = [
-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:669dd0c4167f6f2cd9f57041e03c3c2ebf9063d0757dc89f79ba1daa2bfca9d4"},
-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:211260621ab1cd7324e0798d6be953d00b74e0428382991adfddb352252f1d62"},
-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:267e3f78697a6c00c689c03db4876dd1efdfea2f251a5ad6555e82a26847b4ac"},
-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_5_x86_64.manylinux1_x86_64.manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:c542eeda69212fa10a7ada75e668876fdec5f856cd3d06829e6aa64ad17c8dfe"},
-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:a9916d2bb8865f973824fb47436fa45e1ebf2efd920f2b9f99342cb7fab93f72"},
-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4-cp36-cp36m-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:79b1e0869db7c830ba6a981d58711c88b6677506e648496b1f64ac7d15633aec"},
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-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_5_x86_64.manylinux1_x86_64.manylinux_2_12_x86_64.manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:98f80dee3c03455e92796b58b98ff6ca0b2a6f652120c263efdba4d6c5e58f72"},
-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:0fdbcf2fef0ca421a3f5912555804296f0b0960f0418c440f5d6d3abb549f3e1"},
-    {file = "typed_ast-1.5.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:39e21ceb7388e4bb37f4c679d72707ed46c2fbf2a5609b8b8ebc4b067d977df2"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "types-html5lib"
 version = "1.1.11.11"
@@ -1799,7 +1736,7 @@ files = [
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.5.0"
 description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.7+"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -1860,7 +1797,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 distlib = ">=0.3.6,<1"
 filelock = ">=3.4.1,<4"
-importlib-metadata = {version = ">=4.8.3", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
 platformdirs = ">=2.4,<4"
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -1982,5 +1918,5 @@ testing = ["flake8 (<5)", "func-timeout", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools"
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "1b804b8be7ae9a7e94c4959d138908d8647410750fc9de0a5b524870a4238bdd"
+python-versions = "^3.8"
+content-hash = "ee5056f4bcde0ca3c307cfec89a27e1fe1d9ed17864b317ac4a6fc14f13398a4"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 27a02f2a2a4..f51ad5fa257 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@ generate-setup-file = false
 
 # Requirements
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.7"
+python = "^3.8"
 
 poetry-core = "1.5.1"
 poetry-plugin-export = "^1.3.0"
-"backports.cached-property" = { version = "^1.0.2", python = "<3.8" }
 build = "^0.10.0"
 cachecontrol = { version = "^0.12.9", extras = ["filecache"] }
 cleo = "^2.0.0"
@@ -103,14 +102,12 @@ pytest-cov = "^4.0"
 pytest-mock = "^3.9"
 pytest-randomly = "^3.12"
 pytest-xdist = { version = "^3.1", extras = ["psutil"] }
-zipp = { version = "^3.4", python = "<3.8" }
 
 [tool.poetry.group.typing.dependencies]
 mypy = ">=1.0"
 types-html5lib = ">=1.1.9"
 types-jsonschema = ">=4.9.0"
 types-requests = ">=2.28.8"
-typing-extensions = { version = "^4.0.0", python = "<3.8" }
 
 # only used in github actions
 [tool.poetry.group.github-actions]
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 
 [tool.isort]
-py_version = 37
+py_version = 38
 profile = "black"
 force_single_line = true
 combine_as_imports = true
@@ -141,7 +138,7 @@ known_third_party = ["poetry.core"]
 
 
 [tool.black]
-target-version = ['py37']
+target-version = ['py38']
 preview = true
 force-exclude = '''
 .*/setup\.py$
@@ -161,9 +158,9 @@ enable_error_code = [
     "truthy-bool",
 ]
 
-# use of importlib-metadata backport at python3.7 makes it impossible to
-# satisfy mypy without some ignores: but we get a different set of ignores at
-# different python versions.
+# use of importlib-metadata backport makes it impossible to satisfy mypy
+# without some ignores: but we get a different set of ignores at different
+# python versions.
 #
 # <https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/8823>, meanwhile suppress that
 # warning.
diff --git a/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/base.py b/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/base.py
index 975553eec40..b2bd455d42a 100644
--- a/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/base.py
+++ b/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 import re
 
+from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import DefaultDict
 from typing import List
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@
 from poetry.core.packages.package import Package
 from poetry.core.version.exceptions import InvalidVersion
 
-from poetry.utils._compat import cached_property
 from poetry.utils.patterns import sdist_file_re
 from poetry.utils.patterns import wheel_file_re
 
diff --git a/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/html.py b/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/html.py
index 5ea4eff78d0..54ade20a664 100644
--- a/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/html.py
+++ b/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/html.py
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 import warnings
 
 from collections import defaultdict
+from functools import cached_property
 from html import unescape
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from poetry.core.packages.utils.link import Link
 
 from poetry.repositories.link_sources.base import LinkSource
-from poetry.utils._compat import cached_property
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/json.py b/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/json.py
index 0acadd81fb3..12b9c43ade1 100644
--- a/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/json.py
+++ b/src/poetry/repositories/link_sources/json.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from collections import defaultdict
+from functools import cached_property
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Any
 
 from poetry.core.packages.utils.link import Link
 
 from poetry.repositories.link_sources.base import LinkSource
-from poetry.utils._compat import cached_property
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/src/poetry/utils/_compat.py b/src/poetry/utils/_compat.py
index 5887436e530..c46cc234fb8 100644
--- a/src/poetry/utils/_compat.py
+++ b/src/poetry/utils/_compat.py
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@
 else:
     from importlib import metadata
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    # compatibility for python <3.8
-    from backports.cached_property import cached_property
-else:
-    from functools import cached_property
-
 WINDOWS = sys.platform == "win32"
 
 
@@ -62,7 +56,6 @@ def to_str(string: str) -> str:
 
 __all__ = [
     "WINDOWS",
-    "cached_property",
     "decode",
     "encode",
     "metadata",
diff --git a/tests/compat.py b/tests/compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bacac6652c3..00000000000
--- a/tests/compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import sys
-
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    import zipp as zipfile  # nopycln: import
-
-    from typing_extensions import Protocol  # nopycln: import
-else:
-    import zipfile  # noqa: F401
-
-    from typing import Protocol  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_plugin_manager.py b/tests/plugins/test_plugin_manager.py
index 868d61f26f0..72914858d46 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_plugin_manager.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_plugin_manager.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import Protocol
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@
 from poetry.plugins import Plugin
 from poetry.plugins.plugin_manager import PluginManager
 from poetry.poetry import Poetry
-from tests.compat import Protocol
 from tests.helpers import mock_metadata_entry_points
 
 
diff --git a/tests/repositories/test_installed_repository.py b/tests/repositories/test_installed_repository.py
index 5d71bcd7497..9cd5ddb5d1a 100644
--- a/tests/repositories/test_installed_repository.py
+++ b/tests/repositories/test_installed_repository.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import zipfile
+
 from collections import namedtuple
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -9,7 +11,6 @@
 from poetry.repositories.installed_repository import InstalledRepository
 from poetry.utils._compat import metadata
 from poetry.utils.env import MockEnv as BaseMockEnv
-from tests.compat import zipfile
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/tests/types.py b/tests/types.py
index 95ce4cbc940..1db9a6cf412 100644
--- a/tests/types.py
+++ b/tests/types.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-from tests.compat import Protocol
+from typing import Protocol
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING: