diff --git a/wheel/setup.py.in b/wheel/setup.py.in
index 9edb437d080b453d254f981a10c249b8786f0393..192b6793421058cb8ae92c64e8ee6c040dd6f516 100644
--- a/wheel/setup.py.in
+++ b/wheel/setup.py.in
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ setup(
         ) for path in PYTHONDIR.glob('**/*.so')
     ],
     # requirements
-    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    python_requires='>=3.8',
     setup_requires=[
         'setuptools',
     ],