diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 186ed90..70a0925 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install build dependencies
       run: python -m pip install build wheel
     - name: Build distributions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 558701c..7eb6694 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
         os:
         - ubuntu-latest
         python-version:
-        - '3.7'
         - '3.8'
         - '3.9'
         - '3.10'
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         # Match minimal supported Python version
         # to make sure we're not using unparseable syntax
-        python-version: '3.7'
+        python-version: '3.8'
 
     - name: Build
       run: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3bc25c..2271da3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "rich>=10.13.0",
-    "importlib-metadata;python_version < \"3.8\"",
     "stdlib-list>=0.8;python_version < \"3.10\"",
 ]
 
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ exclude = [
 namespaces = false
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py37" # https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff/issues/2039
+target-version = "py38" # https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff/issues/2039
 exclude = ["*__init__.py"]
 ignore = ["E501"]
 select = [
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ omit = [
 parallel = true
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.7"
+python_version = "3.8"
 show_error_codes = true
 pretty = true
 warn_return_any = true
diff --git a/wxc/api.py b/wxc/api.py
index b0dfcf1..a3e6876 100644
--- a/wxc/api.py
+++ b/wxc/api.py
@@ -142,10 +142,7 @@ def get_version(package_name: str) -> str:
                 continue
             return retv
 
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-        import importlib.metadata as md
-    else:
-        import importlib_metadata as md
+    import importlib.metadata as md
 
     try:
         return str(md.version(package_name))
diff --git a/wxc/cli.py b/wxc/cli.py
index 2cc6fde..f00eecf 100644
--- a/wxc/cli.py
+++ b/wxc/cli.py
@@ -58,10 +58,8 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         # this is a simple module request
         # let's try to get the result without actually importing it first
         if args.version:
-            if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-                import importlib.metadata as md
-            else:
-                import importlib_metadata as md
+            import importlib.metadata as md
+
             try:
                 version = md.version(args.name)
             except md.PackageNotFoundError: