diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/changelog.d/16972.fixed b/datadog_checks_dev/changelog.d/16972.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6f16ae3bdf3c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datadog_checks_dev/changelog.d/16972.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump the required python version in the integration templates
diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/check/{check_name}/pyproject.toml b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/check/{check_name}/pyproject.toml
index 6e34709ead1756..1a1a0d5b43ba51 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/check/{check_name}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/check/{check_name}/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name = "datadog-{project_name}"
 description = "The {integration_name} check"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 keywords = [
     "datadog",
     "datadog agent",
diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/jmx/{check_name}/pyproject.toml b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/jmx/{check_name}/pyproject.toml
index 6e34709ead1756..1a1a0d5b43ba51 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/jmx/{check_name}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/templates/integration/jmx/{check_name}/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name = "datadog-{project_name}"
 description = "The {integration_name} check"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 keywords = [
     "datadog",
     "datadog agent",