diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3acb87..d9bc451 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Some of the analysis results that `multilspy` can provide are:
 - Please create an issue/PR to add any other LSP request not listed above
 
 ## Installation
-It is ideal to create a new virtual environment with `python>=3.10`. To create a virtual environment using conda and activate it:
+Multilspy requires Python 3.10 or newer. We recommend creating a new virtual environment. To create a virtual environment using conda and activate it:
 ```
 conda create -n multilspy_env python=3.10
 conda activate multilspy_env
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0eb5873..04c0100 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "A language-agnostic LSP client in Python, with a library interface. Intended to be used to build applications around language servers. Currently multilspy supports language servers for Python, Rust, Java, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, C# and Dart. Originally appeared as part of Monitor-Guided Decoding (https://github.com/microsoft/monitors4codegen)"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8, <4.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.10, <4.0"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 dependencies = [
   "jedi-language-server==0.41.3",
-  "requests==2.32.3",
+  "requests==2.33.0",
   "typing-extensions>=4.2.0",
   "psutil (>=7.0.0,<8.0.0)"
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3a51598..8cab64a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ jedi-language-server==0.41.3
 pytest>=7.4.0
 pytest-timeout>=2.3.1
 pytest-asyncio>=0.23.0
-requests==2.32.3
+requests==2.33.0
 typing-extensions>=4.2.0
 psutil>=7.0.0,<8.0.0