diff --git a/README b/README
index e9f4c858ee14..39e4a97862f0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Bitbake plain documentation can be found under the doc directory or its integrat
 html version at the Yocto Project website:
     https://docs.yoctoproject.org
 
-Bitbake requires Python version 3.8 or newer.
+Bitbake requires Python version 3.9 or newer.
 
 Contributing
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