diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.in b/src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.in
index 882e09dae4594..047617c65598f 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.in
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.in
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # requirements.in This is the source file for our pinned version requirements
 # file "requirements.txt" To regenerate that file, pip-tools is required
-# (`python -m pip install pip-tools`). Once installed, run: `pip-compile
-# --generate-hashes src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.in`
+# (`python -m pip install pip-tools==7.4.1`). Once installed, run: `pip-compile
+# --generate-hashes --strip-extras src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.in`
 #
 # Note: this generation step should be run with the oldest supported python
-# version (currently 3.7) to ensure backward compatibility
+# version (currently 3.9) to ensure backward compatibility
 
 black==23.3.0
 ruff==0.0.272
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.txt b/src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.txt
index 9fd617ad62192..a53c98cac7a06 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --generate-hashes src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.in
+#    pip-compile --generate-hashes --strip-extras src/tools/tidy/config/requirements.in
 #
 black==23.3.0 \
     --hash=sha256:064101748afa12ad2291c2b91c960be28b817c0c7eaa35bec09cc63aa56493c5 \
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ click==8.1.3 \
     --hash=sha256:7682dc8afb30297001674575ea00d1814d808d6a36af415a82bd481d37ba7b8e \
     --hash=sha256:bb4d8133cb15a609f44e8213d9b391b0809795062913b383c62be0ee95b1db48
     # via black
-importlib-metadata==6.7.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:1aaf550d4f73e5d6783e7acb77aec43d49da8017410afae93822cc9cca98c4d4 \
-    --hash=sha256:cb52082e659e97afc5dac71e79de97d8681de3aa07ff18578330904a9d18e5b5
-    # via click
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0 \
     --hash=sha256:4392f6c0eb8a5668a69e23d168ffa70f0be9ccfd32b5cc2d26a34ae5b844552d \
     --hash=sha256:75dbf8955dc00442a438fc4d0666508a9a97b6bd41aa2f0ffe9d2f2725af0782
@@ -78,40 +74,7 @@ tomli==2.0.1 \
     --hash=sha256:939de3e7a6161af0c887ef91b7d41a53e7c5a1ca976325f429cb46ea9bc30ecc \
     --hash=sha256:de526c12914f0c550d15924c62d72abc48d6fe7364aa87328337a31007fe8a4f
     # via black
-typed-ast==1.5.4 \
-    --hash=sha256:0261195c2062caf107831e92a76764c81227dae162c4f75192c0d489faf751a2 \
-    --hash=sha256:0fdbcf2fef0ca421a3f5912555804296f0b0960f0418c440f5d6d3abb549f3e1 \
-    --hash=sha256:183afdf0ec5b1b211724dfef3d2cad2d767cbefac291f24d69b00546c1837fb6 \
-    --hash=sha256:211260621ab1cd7324e0798d6be953d00b74e0428382991adfddb352252f1d62 \
-    --hash=sha256:267e3f78697a6c00c689c03db4876dd1efdfea2f251a5ad6555e82a26847b4ac \
-    --hash=sha256:2efae9db7a8c05ad5547d522e7dbe62c83d838d3906a3716d1478b6c1d61388d \
-    --hash=sha256:370788a63915e82fd6f212865a596a0fefcbb7d408bbbb13dea723d971ed8bdc \
-    --hash=sha256:39e21ceb7388e4bb37f4c679d72707ed46c2fbf2a5609b8b8ebc4b067d977df2 \
-    --hash=sha256:3e123d878ba170397916557d31c8f589951e353cc95fb7f24f6bb69adc1a8a97 \
-    --hash=sha256:4879da6c9b73443f97e731b617184a596ac1235fe91f98d279a7af36c796da35 \
-    --hash=sha256:4e964b4ff86550a7a7d56345c7864b18f403f5bd7380edf44a3c1fb4ee7ac6c6 \
-    --hash=sha256:639c5f0b21776605dd6c9dbe592d5228f021404dafd377e2b7ac046b0349b1a1 \
-    --hash=sha256:669dd0c4167f6f2cd9f57041e03c3c2ebf9063d0757dc89f79ba1daa2bfca9d4 \
-    --hash=sha256:6778e1b2f81dfc7bc58e4b259363b83d2e509a65198e85d5700dfae4c6c8ff1c \
-    --hash=sha256:683407d92dc953c8a7347119596f0b0e6c55eb98ebebd9b23437501b28dcbb8e \
-    --hash=sha256:79b1e0869db7c830ba6a981d58711c88b6677506e648496b1f64ac7d15633aec \
-    --hash=sha256:7d5d014b7daa8b0bf2eaef684295acae12b036d79f54178b92a2b6a56f92278f \
-    --hash=sha256:98f80dee3c03455e92796b58b98ff6ca0b2a6f652120c263efdba4d6c5e58f72 \
-    --hash=sha256:a94d55d142c9265f4ea46fab70977a1944ecae359ae867397757d836ea5a3f47 \
-    --hash=sha256:a9916d2bb8865f973824fb47436fa45e1ebf2efd920f2b9f99342cb7fab93f72 \
-    --hash=sha256:c542eeda69212fa10a7ada75e668876fdec5f856cd3d06829e6aa64ad17c8dfe \
-    --hash=sha256:cf4afcfac006ece570e32d6fa90ab74a17245b83dfd6655a6f68568098345ff6 \
-    --hash=sha256:ebd9d7f80ccf7a82ac5f88c521115cc55d84e35bf8b446fcd7836eb6b98929a3 \
-    --hash=sha256:ed855bbe3eb3715fca349c80174cfcfd699c2f9de574d40527b8429acae23a66
+typing-extensions==4.12.2 \
+    --hash=sha256:04e5ca0351e0f3f85c6853954072df659d0d13fac324d0072316b67d7794700d \
+    --hash=sha256:1a7ead55c7e559dd4dee8856e3a88b41225abfe1ce8df57b7c13915fe121ffb8
     # via black
-typing-extensions==4.6.3 \
-    --hash=sha256:88a4153d8505aabbb4e13aacb7c486c2b4a33ca3b3f807914a9b4c844c471c26 \
-    --hash=sha256:d91d5919357fe7f681a9f2b5b4cb2a5f1ef0a1e9f59c4d8ff0d3491e05c0ffd5
-    # via
-    #   black
-    #   importlib-metadata
-    #   platformdirs
-zipp==3.15.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:112929ad649da941c23de50f356a2b5570c954b65150642bccdd66bf194d224b \
-    --hash=sha256:48904fc76a60e542af151aded95726c1a5c34ed43ab4134b597665c86d7ad556
-    # via importlib-metadata
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/ext_tool_checks.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/ext_tool_checks.rs
index fb626cac3fa05..995ad58cb6219 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/ext_tool_checks.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/ext_tool_checks.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ use std::io;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;
 
-/// Minimum python revision is 3.7 for ruff
-const MIN_PY_REV: (u32, u32) = (3, 7);
-const MIN_PY_REV_STR: &str = "≥3.7";
+const MIN_PY_REV: (u32, u32) = (3, 9);
+const MIN_PY_REV_STR: &str = "≥3.9";
 
 /// Path to find the python executable within a virtual environment
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
@@ -223,17 +222,8 @@ fn get_or_create_venv(venv_path: &Path, src_reqs_path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf,
 fn create_venv_at_path(path: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
     /// Preferred python versions in order. Newest to oldest then current
     /// development versions
-    const TRY_PY: &[&str] = &[
-        "python3.11",
-        "python3.10",
-        "python3.9",
-        "python3.8",
-        "python3.7",
-        "python3",
-        "python",
-        "python3.12",
-        "python3.13",
-    ];
+    const TRY_PY: &[&str] =
+        &["python3.11", "python3.10", "python3.9", "python3", "python", "python3.12", "python3.13"];
 
     let mut sys_py = None;
     let mut found = Vec::new();