diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9a9663779a56..f7f8ec4c9286 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extension-pkg-allow-list = [
     "tweedledum",
 ]
 load-plugins = ["pylint.extensions.docparams", "pylint.extensions.docstyle"]
-py-version = "3.7"  # update it when bumping minimum supported python version
+py-version = "3.8"  # update it when bumping minimum supported python version
 
 [tool.pylint.basic]
 good-names = ["a", "b", "i", "j", "k", "d", "n", "m", "ex", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z", "Run", "_", "logger", "q", "c", "r", "qr", "cr", "qc", "nd", "pi", "op", "b", "ar", "br", "p", "cp", "ax", "dt", "__unittest", "iSwapGate", "mu"]