diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
index 14844ef..c947775 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -8,22 +8,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         django-version: ["4.2", "5.0", "5.1", "5.2"]
-        exclude:
-          # Django 5.0+ requires Python 3.10+
-          - python-version: "3.8"
-            django-version: "5.0"
-          - python-version: "3.8"
-            django-version: "5.1"
-          - python-version: "3.8"
-            django-version: "5.2"
-          - python-version: "3.9"
-            django-version: "5.0"
-          - python-version: "3.9"
-            django-version: "5.1"
-          - python-version: "3.9"
-            django-version: "5.2"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -40,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e .[dev]
 
       - name: Run tests
+        env:
+          DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: tests.integration.support.settings
         run: |
           pytest --cov=django_odata --cov-report=xml
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ee7dce4..6a2ae2a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ensure_newline_before_comments = true
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88
-target-version = ['py38']
+target-version = ['py310']
 include = '\.pyi?$'
 extend-exclude = '''
 /(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7ebf575..cf949a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "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",
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@
         "Framework :: Django :: 5.1",
         "Framework :: Django :: 5.2",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.10",
     install_requires=[
         "Django>=4.2",
         "djangorestframework>=3.12.0",