diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index b6047bb..48ce0e4 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### v0.24.0
+#### Changed
+- upgrade ``rapidfuzz-cpp`` to ``v3.0.0``
+- drop support for Python 3.7
+
 ### v0.23.0
 #### Changed
 - added keyword argument `pad` to Hamming distance. This controls whether sequences of different
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67a003d..08b7741 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ computation of:
   The `python-Levenshtein` package will continue to be updated alongside the new package
 
 ## Requirements
-* Python 3.7 or later
+* Python 3.8 or later
 
 ## Installation
 ```bash
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e6830ae..a2f3ae8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = python-Levenshtein
-version = 0.23.0
+version = 0.24.0
 description = Python extension for computing string edit distances and similarities.
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ url = https://github.com/rapidfuzz/python-Levenshtein
 license = GPL-2.0-or-later
 classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
@@ -20,6 +19,6 @@ classifiers =
 keywords = string, Levenshtein, comparison, edit-distance
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.8
 install_requires =
-    Levenshtein==0.23.0
+    Levenshtein==0.24.0