diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index e0be76ce..f5819fa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     name: Unit Tests with Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b642d6b..5ceb3de5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
         "testbench/servers",
         "gcs",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     install_requires=[
-        "grpcio==1.70.0",
+        "grpcio==1.80.0",
         "grpcio-status==1.66.1",
         "grpcio-tools==1.70.0",
         "googleapis-common-protos==1.69.0",