diff --git a/.github/workflows/minimal-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/minimal-tests.yml
index c4033506e..8c74539bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/minimal-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/minimal-tests.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
 
     env:
diff --git a/building/build-lambda-layers.sh b/building/build-lambda-layers.sh
index 85dc75fa0..54242a711 100755
--- a/building/build-lambda-layers.sh
+++ b/building/build-lambda-layers.sh
@@ -21,17 +21,6 @@ pushd lambda
 # Building all related docker images
 ./build-docker-images.sh $PYTHON_VERSION
 
-# Python 3.8
-if [[ $PYTHON_VERSION == "ALL" || $PYTHON_VERSION == "3.8" ]]
-then
-  docker run \
-    --volume "$DIR_NAME":/aws-sdk-pandas/ \
-    --workdir /aws-sdk-pandas/building/lambda \
-    --rm \
-    awswrangler-build-py38 \
-    build-lambda-layer.sh "${VERSION}-py3.8${ARCH_SUFFIX}" "ninja-build"
-fi
-
 # Python 3.9
 if [[ $PYTHON_VERSION == "ALL" || $PYTHON_VERSION == "3.9" ]]
 then
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4225cafb6..2cf7eff0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ max-returns=6  # Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body.
 max-statements=50  # Maximum number of statements in function / method body.
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.8"
+python_version = "3.9"
 strict = true
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 warn_unused_ignores = true
diff --git a/test_infra/pyproject.toml b/test_infra/pyproject.toml
index 2529cf2d9..817acf89b 100644
--- a/test_infra/pyproject.toml
+++ b/test_infra/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = ["Amazon Web Services"]
 license = "Apache License 2.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8, <4.0"
+python = ">=3.9, <4.0"
 "aws-cdk-lib" = "^2.128.0"
 "aws-cdk.aws-glue-alpha" = "^2.128.0a0"
 "aws-cdk.aws-neptune-alpha" = "^2.128.0a0"