diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index a27eea2..3b8f7a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install uv and set the python version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 6286226..bd1c2d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       # list of github vm: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
 
         os:
           - name: "ubuntu-24.04"
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ jobs:
             platform: "linux"
             platform_id: "manylinux_aarch64"
 
-          # - name: "macos-13"
-          #   platform: "macos"
-          #   min_macos_version: "13"
-          #   platform_id: "macosx_x86_64"
-
           - name: "macos-14"
             platform: "macos"
             min_macos_version: "14"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 571dcbb..f4d9e86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "Programming Language :: C++",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Panos Vagenas", email = "pva@zurich.ibm.com"},
     {name = "Maxim Lysak", email = "mly@zurich.ibm.com"},
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "tabulate>=0.9.0,<1.0.0",
     "pillow>=10.0.0,<13.0.0",
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ include = ["docling_parse*"]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88
-target-version = ["py39", "py310", "py311", "py312", "py313", "py314"]
+target-version = ["py310", "py311", "py312", "py313", "py314"]
 include = '\.pyi?$'
 preview = true
 
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ pretty = true
 no_implicit_optional = true
 namespace_packages = true
 show_error_codes = true
-python_version = "3.9"
+python_version = "3.10"
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
 module = [