diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 14c320c..fcfbd9b 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -11,24 +11,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "annotated_types-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aff07c09a53a08bc8cfccb9c85b05f1aa9a2a6f23728d790723543408344ce89"},
 ]
 
-[package.dependencies]
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.0.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.9\""}
-
-[[package]]
-name = "astunparse"
-version = "1.6.3"
-description = "An AST unparser for Python"
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-files = [
-    {file = "astunparse-1.6.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c2652417f2c8b5bb325c885ae329bdf3f86424075c4fd1a128674bc6fba4b8e8"},
-    {file = "astunparse-1.6.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5ad93a8456f0d084c3456d059fd9a92cce667963232cbf763eac3bc5b7940872"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-six = ">=1.6.1,<2.0"
-wheel = ">=0.23.0,<1.0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "authlib"
 version = "1.3.1"
@@ -54,9 +36,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "babel-2.15.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8daf0e265d05768bc6c7a314cf1321e9a123afc328cc635c18622a2f30a04413"},
 ]
 
-[package.dependencies]
-pytz = {version = ">=2015.7", markers = "python_version < \"3.9\""}
-
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["freezegun (>=1.0,<2.0)", "pytest (>=6.0)", "pytest-cov"]
 
@@ -562,7 +541,6 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-astunparse = {version = ">=1.6", markers = "python_version < \"3.9\""}
 colorama = ">=0.4"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1329,17 +1307,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 six = ">=1.5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pytz"
-version = "2024.1"
-description = "World timezone definitions, modern and historical"
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-files = [
-    {file = "pytz-2024.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:328171f4e3623139da4983451950b28e95ac706e13f3f2630a879749e7a8b319"},
-    {file = "pytz-2024.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2a29735ea9c18baf14b448846bde5a48030ed267578472d8955cd0e7443a9812"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0.1"
@@ -1526,7 +1493,6 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 markdown-it-py = ">=2.2.0"
 pygments = ">=2.13.0,<3.0.0"
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.0.0,<5.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.9\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 jupyter = ["ipywidgets (>=7.5.1,<9)"]
@@ -1824,20 +1790,6 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 watchmedo = ["PyYAML (>=3.10)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wheel"
-version = "0.43.0"
-description = "A built-package format for Python"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:55c570405f142630c6b9f72fe09d9b67cf1477fcf543ae5b8dcb1f5b7377da81"},
-    {file = "wheel-0.43.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:465ef92c69fa5c5da2d1cf8ac40559a8c940886afcef87dcf14b9470862f1d85"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-test = ["pytest (>=6.0.0)", "setuptools (>=65)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zipp"
 version = "3.19.2"
@@ -1855,5 +1807,5 @@ test = ["big-O", "importlib-resources", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools",
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "0c8dab277ed87d2cf62320a77088cc35c6947badd152ba2fdc00d00479ed7566"
+python-versions = "^3.9"
+content-hash = "1c845d8afb85d4b5d9ff83c5e28af3c2b22caa2f6f414913b57b0b234d8a43b0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8454865..dc7e1b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "python-template-x"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "This is a python template."
 authors = ["Mark Beacom <m@beacom.dev>"]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ keywords = ["app", "cli", "python", "template"]
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ update = ["poetry-update-core", "poetry-update-dev", "poetry-update-test", "poet
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.9"
 pip = ">= 24.0"
 typer = {extras = ["all"], version = "^0.12.3"}
 
diff --git a/python_template/__init__.py b/python_template/__init__.py
index b43fbcc..a00ec24 100644
--- a/python_template/__init__.py
+++ b/python_template/__init__.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__: str = "0.2.3"
+__version__: str = "0.3.0"