diff --git a/.github/workflows/periodic_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/periodic_tests.yml
index dd8f288..c51381d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/periodic_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/periodic_tests.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
         with:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install
         uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-24.04, macos-14, windows-2022 ]
-        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Disable Numba JIT
         run: echo "NUMBA_DISABLE_JIT=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_precommit.yml
index 0676db8..31d81e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_precommit.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v46
         id: changed-files
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_pytest.yml
index 29dc0df..35c7a6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_pytest.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install
         uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-24.04, windows-2022 ]
-        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
         # skip python versions unless the PR has the 'full pytest actions' label
         pr-testing:
           - ${{ (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'full pytest actions')) }}
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Disable Numba JIT
         run: echo "NUMBA_DISABLE_JIT=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/precommit_autoupdate.yml b/.github/workflows/precommit_autoupdate.yml
index 354bd8a..84eac3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/precommit_autoupdate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/precommit_autoupdate.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
-      - uses: browniebroke/pre-commit-autoupdate-action@v1
+      - uses: browniebroke/pre-commit-autoupdate-action@v1.0.0
 
       - if: always()
         uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1e18939..5c34ded 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
         with:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Build project
         run: |
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-24.04, macos-14, windows-2022 ]
-        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd9a08d..152330d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Please see [`tsml_eval`](https://github.com/time-series-machine-learning/tsml-ev
 is more of a sandbox for testing out new ideas and algorithms. It may contain some
 algorithms and implementations that are not available in the other toolkits.
 
-The current release of `tsml` is v0.7.0.
+The current release of `tsml` is v0.7.1.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4665bf8..29ef60f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainers = [
     {name = "Matthew Middlehurst", email = "m.b.middlehurst@soton.ac.uk"},
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.14"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 keywords = [
     "data-science",
     "machine-learning",
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: Unix",
     "Operating System :: MacOS",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",