diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 71d62a0d..eced3574 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["py38", "py39", "py310", "py311", "py312"]
+        python-version: ["py310", "py311", "py312"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b342c7bb..4c064836 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,30 +1,6 @@
 version: '3.8'
 
 services:
-  test_py38:
-    image: python:3.8-slim-bullseye
-    command: sh -c "
-      cd pycaption;
-      pip install --upgrade pip;
-      pip install -r test_requirements.txt;
-      pip install -e .;
-      pytest -vvvv --color=yes --junit-xml=junit.xml --cov=pycaption --cov-report xml:coverage.xml;
-      "
-    volumes:
-      - .:/pycaption
-
-  test_py39:
-    image: python:3.9-slim-bullseye
-    command: sh -c "
-      cd pycaption;
-      pip install --upgrade pip;
-      pip install -r test_requirements.txt;
-      pip install -e .;
-      pytest -vvvv --color=yes --junit-xml=junit.xml --cov=pycaption --cov-report xml:coverage.xml;
-      "
-    volumes:
-      - .:/pycaption
-
   test_py310:
     image: python:3.10-slim-bullseye
     command: sh -c "
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 978af420..4052480a 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
+2.2.19
+^^^^^^
+- Remove support for python 3.8 and 3.9.
+
 2.2.18
 ^^^^^^
 - Update changelog and new release tag.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ccafa4da..8897152d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.2.18'
+version = '2.2.19.dev1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.2.18'
+release = '2.2.1.dev1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a7fba6d5..4744b6da 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pycaption",
-    version="2.2.18",
+    version="2.2.19.dev1",
     description="Closed caption converter",
     long_description=open(README_PATH).read(),
     author="Joe Norton",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "Documentation": "https://pycaption.readthedocs.io/",
         "Release notes": "https://pycaption.readthedocs.io" "/en/stable/changelog.html",
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.8,<4.0",
+    python_requires=">=3.10,<4.0",
     install_requires=dependencies,
     extras_require={"dev": dev_dependencies, "transcript": transcript_dependencies},
     packages=find_packages(),
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",