diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index f0a288a..46de073 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
      strategy:
        max-parallel: 15
        matrix:
-         python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', 'pypy-3.7', 'pypy-3.8', 'pypy-3.9']
+         python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', 'pypy-3.8', 'pypy-3.9']
          os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest', 'macos-latest']
        fail-fast: false
      env:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 320aba1..1832c19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ python -m pytest
 
 ### Requirements
 
-hiredis-py requires **Python 3.7+**.
+hiredis-py requires **Python 3.8+**.
 
 Make sure Python development headers are available when installing hiredis-py.
 On Ubuntu/Debian systems, install them with `apt-get install python3-dev`.
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 3ff7078..26a1513 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 black==22.3.0
 flake8==4.0.1
 isort==5.10.1
+pytest>=7.0.0
+setuptools
 tox==3.24.4
 vulture>=2.3.0
-wheel>=0.30.0
-pytest>=7.0.0
+wheel>=0.30.0
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f49b1d..77b60ac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def get_libraries():
     packages=["hiredis"],
     package_data={"hiredis": ["hiredis.pyi", "py.typed"]},
     ext_modules=[ext],
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     project_urls={
         "Changes": "https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py/releases",
         "Issue tracker": "https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py/issues",
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ def get_libraries():
         'Programming Language :: C',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',