diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
index 820ca7c..0a1c5bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Install package with pip
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 82de6aa..9885c4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   - attribute `inputs.{dataset_name}.name` attribute has been removed, with the key `dataset_name` this is
     superfluous
 
+- relax minimuim python version requirement to `>3.8` to simplify downstream
+  usage ![\#13](https://github.com/mllam/mllam-data-prep/pull/13)
+
 ## [v0.1.0](https://github.com/mllam/mllam-data-prep/releases/tag/v0.1.0)
 
 First tagged release of `mllam-data-prep` which includes functionality to
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba38ba2..5d0ef0a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "semver>=3.0.2",
     "rich>=13.7.1",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}