diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 15e2f52..b042c5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.11']
-        pyqt-version: ['6.4.0', '6.6.0']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.11']
+        pyqt-version: ['6.4.0', '6.6.1']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index bd3f806..2505eb7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Website etc.
 
 The Python version badge in the README is generated with pybadges::
 
-  python -m pybadges --left-text=Python --right-text="3.8 | 3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11" > images/python_version_badge.svg
+  python -m pybadges --left-text=Python --right-text="3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11" > images/python_version_badge.svg
 
 The `website <https://rbreu.github.io/beeref/>`_ is hosted via Github pages from the gh-pages branch. You can run it locally if you have Ruby and bundler installed::
 
diff --git a/images/python_version_badge.svg b/images/python_version_badge.svg
index 3c36190..9907506 100644
--- a/images/python_version_badge.svg
+++ b/images/python_version_badge.svg
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="146.0" height="20"><linearGradient id="smooth" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><clipPath id="round"><rect width="146.0" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></clipPath><g clip-path="url(#round)"><rect width="48.1" height="20" fill="#555"/><rect x="48.1" width="97.9" height="20" fill="#007ec6"/><rect width="146.0" height="20" fill="url(#smooth)"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="110"><text x="250.5" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="381.0" lengthAdjust="spacing">Python</text><text x="250.5" y="140" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="381.0" lengthAdjust="spacing">Python</text><text x="960.5000000000001" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="879.0" lengthAdjust="spacing">3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11</text><text x="960.5000000000001" y="140" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="879.0" lengthAdjust="spacing">3.9 | 3.10 | 3.11</text></g></svg>
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