diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yml b/.github/workflows/style.yml
index 2e72508..32ccc89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7]
+        python-version: [3.8]
       
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit.yml b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
index fd65ff6..3e2e334 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7]
+        python-version: [3.8]
     
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install tox tox-gh-actions
-    - name: Run unit tests for python 3.7
-      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.7' }}
+    - name: Run unit tests for python 3.8
+      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.8' }}
       # env:
       #   COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN }}
-      run: tox -e py37
+      run: tox -e py38
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f3781ab..f08c54c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.7-alpine3.12 as BUILD
+FROM python:3.8-alpine3.12 as BUILD
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache git gcc musl-dev libffi-dev make gnupg && \
     rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
     pip install -r /root/sdaorch/requirements.txt && \
     pip install /root/sdaorch
 
-FROM python:3.7-alpine3.12
+FROM python:3.8-alpine3.12
 
 LABEL maintainer "NeIC System Developers"
 LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0"
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache --update supervisor
 
-COPY --from=BUILD /usr/local/lib/python3.7/ usr/local/lib/python3.7/
+COPY --from=BUILD /usr/local/lib/python3.8/ usr/local/lib/python3.8/
 
 COPY --from=BUILD /usr/local/bin/sdainbox /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fc5d128..91948ac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         "Intended Audience :: Information Technology",
         # Pick your license as you wish
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     ],
     install_requires=["amqpstorm", "jsonschema", "httpx", "shortuuid"],
     extras_require={
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9cdc242..5fcdd53 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py37, flake8, mypy, black
+envlist = py38, flake8, mypy, black
 skipsdist = True
 
 [flake8]
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ commands = py.test -x --cov=sda_orchestrator tests/
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.7: flake8, py37, docs, mypy, black
+    3.8: flake8, py38, docs, mypy, black