diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 14daf58..6c3dbc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest ] # FIXME add other platforms when much quicker macOS-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"] # FIXME Test on later python versions, "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"] # FIXME Test on later python versions, "3.12", "3.13"]
         multi-platform:
           - ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
         #        include:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 826c046..d97635f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         # location for development dependencies.
         run: |
           python -m pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
-          python -m pip install "setuptools<81"
+          python -m pip install setuptools
           python -m pip list
       - name: Generate SPDX documents
         run: |
diff --git a/news/20260402160519.bugfix b/news/20260402160519.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8221669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/20260402160519.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: towncrier-24.8.0
diff --git a/news/20260402171631.major b/news/20260402171631.major
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8abd87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/20260402171631.major
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:boom: Remove support for `python 3.8`
diff --git a/news/20260402171650.removal b/news/20260402171650.removal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7822099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/20260402171650.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ Remove support for `python 3.8`
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a7c408f..8763fef 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@
         # spdx-tools imports pkg_resources from setuptools at runtime.
         "setuptools",
         "gitpython",
-        "towncrier==22.12.0",
+        "towncrier==25.8.0",
         "pyautoversion~=1.2.0",
         # FIXME change when https://github.com/pdoc3/pdoc/issues/299 is fixed
         "pdoc3==0.10.0",
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@
     long_description=long_description,
     name=PROJECT_SLUG,
     packages=[SOURCE_DIR],
-    python_requires=">=3.8,<4",
+    python_requires=">=3.9,<4",
     url=f"https://github.com/ARMmbed/{PROJECT_SLUG}",
     version=__version__,
 )