diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5db08988..b817bf33 100755
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Watchdog
 
 Python API and shell utilities to monitor file system events.
 
-Works on 3.7+.
+Works on 3.8+.
 
 Example API Usage
 -----------------
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ appropriate observer like in the example above, do::
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
-1. Python 3.7 or above.
+1. Python 3.8 or above.
 2. XCode_ (only on macOS when installing from sources)
 3. PyYAML_ (only for ``watchmedo``)
 
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index ce60b699..8365309a 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Watchdog
 
 Python API library and shell utilities to monitor file system events.
 
-Works on 3.7+.
+Works on 3.8+.
 
 Directory monitoring made easy with
 -----------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/source/installation.rst b/docs/source/installation.rst
index f7fea16f..e1e331d6 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Installation
 ============
-|project_name| requires 3.7+ to work. See a list of :ref:`installation-dependencies`.
+|project_name| requires 3.8+ to work. See a list of :ref:`installation-dependencies`.
 
 Installing from PyPI using pip
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 337e4be4..320d951c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
         "Programming Language :: C",
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
@@ -154,6 +154,6 @@
             "watchmedo = watchdog.watchmedo:main [watchmedo]",
         ]
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     zip_safe=False,
 )