diff --git a/.github/workflows/extensive-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/extensive-tests.yml
index 31970a1..f52df20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extensive-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extensive-tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+                python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
                 include:
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
                       test: make test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yml
index 8ce55a5..49c64dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yml
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                os: [macos-11, windows-2019]
+                os: [macos-12, windows-2019]
                 arch: [auto64]
-                build: ["cp{38,39,310,311,312}-*"]
+                build: ["cp{39,310,311,312,313}-*"]
 
                 include:
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
                       arch: auto64
                       type: manylinux1
-                      build: "cp{38,39}-*"
+                      build: "cp39-*"
                       CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux1
 
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -56,22 +56,22 @@ jobs:
                     - os: ubuntu-latest
                       arch: auto64
                       type: manylinux2014
-                      build: "cp{311,312}-*"
+                      build: "cp{311,312,313}-*"
                       CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
 
                     - os: macos-latest
                       arch: universal2
-                      build: "cp{38,39,310,311,312}-*"
+                      build: "cp{39,310,311,312,313}-*"
                  
                     - os: windows-latest
                       arch: auto64
-                      build: "cp{38,39,310,311,312}-*"
+                      build: "cp{39,310,311,312,313}-*"
 
         steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
             - name: Build wheels and run tests
-              uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.17.0
+              uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.21.3
               env:
                   CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.build }}
                   CIBW_MANYLINUX_I686_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.CIBW_MANYLINUX_I686_IMAGE }}
@@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ jobs:
                   CIBW_SKIP: "pp*"
 
             - name: Collect built wheels
-              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
               with:
                   path: wheelhouse/*.whl
 
     build_sdist:
       name: Build source distribution
-      runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+      runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
       steps:
-          - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+          - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
           - name: Checkout and install reqs
             run: |
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
                 twine check dist/*
 
           - name: Collect built sdist
-            uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+            uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
             with:
                 path: dist/*.tar.gz
 
@@ -118,17 +118,17 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-11, macos-12, windows-2019, windows-2022]
-                python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+                os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-12, macos-13, windows-2019, windows-2022]
+                python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
                 build_type: ["AHOCORASICK_UNICODE", "AHOCORASICK_BYTES"]
 
         steps:
             - name: Set up Python
-              uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v4
               with:
                 python-version: "${{ matrix.python }}"
 
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
             - name: Build, install and test
               run: >
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3a79ca3..20a2cea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@
 Changelog
 =============
 
+2.2.0 (2024-10-21)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.8. Use older version for pre-built wheels.
+  Note that it may work on these older verions, we are just no longer supporting
+  and testing these Python versions, as this is end of life
+
+- Add support for Python 3.13
 
 2.1.0 (2024-03-21)
 --------------------------------------------------
 
 - Drop support for Python 3.6 and 3.7. Use older version for pre-built wheels.
-  Note that it may work on these older veriosn, we are just no longer supporting
+  Note that it may work on these older verions, we are just no longer supporting
   and testing these Python versions 
 
 - Add support for Python 3.12
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0c08af3..a2f2453 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ of time and saved (as a pickle) to disk to reload and reuse later.  The library
 provides an `ahocorasick` Python module that you can use as a plain dict-like
 Trie or convert a Trie to an automaton for efficient Aho-Corasick search.
 
-**pyahocorasick** is implemented in C and tested on Python 3.8 and up.
+**pyahocorasick** is implemented in C and tested on Python 3.9 and up.
 It works on 64 bits Linux, macOS and Windows.
 
 The license_ is BSD-3-Clause. Some utilities, such as tests and the pure Python
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b8d59a0..0a490a8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def get_long_description():
 
 setup(
     name="pyahocorasick",
-    version="2.1.0",
+    version="2.2.0",
     ext_modules=[module],
 
     description=(
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@ def get_long_description():
     extras_require={
         "testing": ["pytest", "twine", "setuptools", "wheel", ],
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
 )