diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 183d9708..b3ec53b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ authors = [
   {name = "Caroline Malin-Mayor", email = "malinmayorc@janelia.hhmi.org"}
 ]
 
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
 ]