diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d2f3c26c6..912abe6fe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "biotite"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "A comprehensive library for computational molecular biology"
 readme = "README.rst"
 authors = [{name = "The Biotite contributors"}]