diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e4bcaa3..3ca9544 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.0.0
+-----
+
+Breaking Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Removed support for Python 3.8
+
 2.8.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f831161..0e9af48 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Please notice that sqlalchemy-hana isn't an official SAP product and isn't cover
 
 Prerequisites
 -------------
-* Python 3.8+
+* Python 3.9+
 * SQLAlchemy 1.4 or 2.x
 * `hdbcli <https://help.sap.com/viewer/f1b440ded6144a54ada97ff95dac7adf/latest/en-US/f3b8fabf34324302b123297cdbe710f0.html>`_
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d6bb7cc..a5a190e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "sqlalchemy-hana"
-version = "2.8.0"
+version = "3.0.0"
 description = "SQLAlchemy dialect for SAP HANA"
 keywords = ["sqlalchemy", "sap", "hana"]
-requires-python = "~=3.8"
+requires-python = "~=3.9"
 readme = "README.rst"
 authors = [{ name = "Christoph Heer", email = "christoph.heer@sap.com" }]
 maintainers = [
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "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",
diff --git a/test/ci_setup.py b/test/ci_setup.py
index 5148729..89a52dc 100644
--- a/test/ci_setup.py
+++ b/test/ci_setup.py
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ def setup(dburi: str) -> str:
     # always fulfill the password policy
     password = random_string(15) + "A1a"
 
-    with closing(
-        dbapi.connect(url.hostname, url.port, url.username, url.password)
-    ) as connection, closing(connection.cursor()) as cursor:
+    with (
+        closing(
+            dbapi.connect(url.hostname, url.port, url.username, url.password)
+        ) as connection,
+        closing(connection.cursor()) as cursor,
+    ):
         cursor.execute(
             f'CREATE USER {user} PASSWORD "{password}" NO FORCE_FIRST_PASSWORD_CHANGE'
         )
@@ -41,9 +44,12 @@ def teardown(dburi: str, test_dburi: str) -> None:
     url = urlsplit(dburi)
     test_user = urlsplit(test_dburi).username
 
-    with closing(
-        dbapi.connect(url.hostname, url.port, url.username, url.password)
-    ) as connection, closing(connection.cursor()) as cursor:
+    with (
+        closing(
+            dbapi.connect(url.hostname, url.port, url.username, url.password)
+        ) as connection,
+        closing(connection.cursor()) as cursor,
+    ):
         cursor.execute(f"DROP USER {test_user} CASCADE")
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_dialect.py b/test/test_dialect.py
index 357e21c..e88eeb9 100644
--- a/test/test_dialect.py
+++ b/test/test_dialect.py
@@ -194,11 +194,14 @@ def test_do_rollback_to_savepoint_unrelated_error(self) -> None:
         dialect = config.db.dialect
         connection = Mock()
 
-        with mock.patch.object(
-            sys, "exc_info", return_value=(ValueError, ValueError(), Mock())
-        ), mock.patch.object(
-            DefaultDialect, "do_rollback_to_savepoint"
-        ) as super_rollback:
+        with (
+            mock.patch.object(
+                sys, "exc_info", return_value=(ValueError, ValueError(), Mock())
+            ),
+            mock.patch.object(
+                DefaultDialect, "do_rollback_to_savepoint"
+            ) as super_rollback,
+        ):
             dialect.do_rollback_to_savepoint(connection, "savepoint")
             super_rollback.assert_called_once_with(connection, "savepoint")
 
@@ -209,11 +212,14 @@ def test_do_rollback_to_savepoint_ignores_error(self) -> None:
         error = Error(133, "transaction rolled back: deadlock")
         dbapi_error = DBAPIError(None, None, error)
 
-        with mock.patch.object(
-            sys, "exc_info", return_value=(DBAPIError, dbapi_error, Mock())
-        ), mock.patch.object(
-            DefaultDialect, "do_rollback_to_savepoint"
-        ) as super_rollback:
+        with (
+            mock.patch.object(
+                sys, "exc_info", return_value=(DBAPIError, dbapi_error, Mock())
+            ),
+            mock.patch.object(
+                DefaultDialect, "do_rollback_to_savepoint"
+            ) as super_rollback,
+        ):
             dialect.do_rollback_to_savepoint(connection, "savepoint")
             super_rollback.assert_not_called()
 
diff --git a/test/test_types.py b/test/test_types.py
index 2a066f1..9cfa079 100644
--- a/test/test_types.py
+++ b/test/test_types.py
@@ -141,11 +141,15 @@ class BooleanTest(_TypeBaseTest):
         [(True, hana_types.BOOLEAN), (False, hana_types.TINYINT)],
     )
     def test_native_boolean(self, supports_native_boolean, type_):
-        with mock.patch.object(
-            testing.db.engine.dialect,
-            "supports_native_boolean",
-            supports_native_boolean,
-        ), testing.db.connect() as connection, connection.begin():
+        with (
+            mock.patch.object(
+                testing.db.engine.dialect,
+                "supports_native_boolean",
+                supports_native_boolean,
+            ),
+            testing.db.connect() as connection,
+            connection.begin(),
+        ):
             table = Table("t", self.metadata, Column("x", types.Boolean))
             table.create(bind=connection)