diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/drop-python38-support-1a8f8b06fcc028c5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/drop-python38-support-1a8f8b06fcc028c5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8683df7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/drop-python38-support-1a8f8b06fcc028c5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Python 3.8 support has been dropped. Last release of
+    designate-tempest-plugin to support python 3.8 is 0.23.0.
+    The minimum version of Python now supported is Python 3.9.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-py-36-37-d7724851f8db349d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-py-36-37-d7724851f8db349d.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 97958a9c..00000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/remove-py-36-37-d7724851f8db349d.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-upgrade:
-  - |
-    Support for Python 3.6 and 3.7 has been removed. Now the minimum version
-    supported is 3.8 .
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1c938ea8..6070e2ad 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description_file =
 author = OpenStack
 author_email = openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org
 home_page = https://docs.openstack.org/designate-tempest-plugin/latest/
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 classifier =
     Environment :: OpenStack
     Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ classifier =
     Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11