diff --git a/deployment/deploy.sh b/deployment/deploy.sh
index 8d962c0..7b0e87a 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 BEAMLINE_REPO=gitlab.psi.ch:bec/pxiii-bec.git
 git clone git@$BEAMLINE_REPO
 
-module add psi-python38/2020.11
+module add psi-python39/2021.11
 
 # start redis
 docker run --network=host --name redis-bec -d redis
@@ -27,4 +27,3 @@ pip install -e ./pxiii-bec
 
 # start the BEC server
 bec-server start --config ./pxiii-bec/deployment/bec-server-config.yaml
-
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bf71b83..ac2cfb3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers =
 package_dir =
     = .
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = .