diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6a3e4e4..1f24741e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ and [PlexWatchWeb](https://github.com/ecleese/plexWatchWeb).
 [![Docker Stars][badge-docker-stars]][DockerHub]
 [![Downloads][badge-downloads]][Releases Latest]
 
-[badge-python]: https://img.shields.io/badge/python->=3.8-blue?style=flat-square
+[badge-python]: https://img.shields.io/badge/python->=3.9-blue?style=flat-square
 [badge-docker-pulls]: https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/tautulli/tautulli?style=flat-square
 [badge-docker-stars]: https://img.shields.io/docker/stars/tautulli/tautulli?style=flat-square
 [badge-downloads]: https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/Tautulli/Tautulli/total?style=flat-square
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index a9970df7..8896ac87 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [[ "$TAUTULLI_DOCKER" == "True" ]]; then
     echo "Running Tautulli using user tautulli (uid=$(id -u tautulli)) and group tautulli (gid=$(id -g tautulli))"
     exec gosu tautulli "$@"
 else
-    python_versions=("python3.11" "python3.10" "python3.9" "python3.8" "python3" "python")
+    python_versions=("python3.11" "python3.10" "python3.9" "python3" "python")
     for cmd in "${python_versions[@]}"; do
         if command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null; then
             echo "Starting Tautulli with $cmd."