diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index 22efca4a6c9..7c013f2f54a 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ you're willing to maintain support for other compiler get in touch.
 Third party/extra tools.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-- `Python <https://www.python.org/>`__ - Python 3.6 or newer is required.
+- `Python <https://www.python.org/>`__ - Python 3.9 or newer is required.
 - Python package ``packaging`` is required on Python 3.12+:
   ``pip install packaging``
 - `Python Mako module <https://www.makotemplates.org/>`__ - Python Mako
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 811c4910897..b32b2150c05 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ if get_option('allow-kcmp') \
 endif
 
 # On Windows, a venv has no versioned aliased to 'python'.
-prog_python = find_program('python3', 'python', version : '>= 3.8')
+prog_python = find_program('python3', 'python', version : '>= 3.9')
 
 has_mako = run_command(
   prog_python, '-c',