diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 58fad765..24f1e0ed 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = ["Your Name <you@example.com>"]
 readme = "README.rst"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.10"
+python = "^3.8"
 freetype-py = "2.1.0.post1"
 glfw = ">=2.5.9"
 numpy = "^1.26.2"