diff --git a/cookiecutter/mapper-template/{{cookiecutter.mapper_id}}/pyproject.toml b/cookiecutter/mapper-template/{{cookiecutter.mapper_id}}/pyproject.toml
index bdf52229c..ae502dec8 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/mapper-template/{{cookiecutter.mapper_id}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cookiecutter/mapper-template/{{cookiecutter.mapper_id}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ packages = [
 {%- endif %}
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.7.1,<4"
+python = ">=3.8,<4"
 singer-sdk = { version="~=0.33.0b2" }
 fs-s3fs = { version = "~=1.1.1", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/cookiecutter/tap-template/{{cookiecutter.tap_id}}/pyproject.toml b/cookiecutter/tap-template/{{cookiecutter.tap_id}}/pyproject.toml
index 202ccb8d5..3ff0c0541 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/tap-template/{{cookiecutter.tap_id}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cookiecutter/tap-template/{{cookiecutter.tap_id}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ packages = [
 {%- endif %}
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.7.1,<4"
+python = ">=3.8,<4"
 singer-sdk = { version="~=0.33.0b2" }
 fs-s3fs = { version = "~=1.1.1", optional = true }
 {%- if cookiecutter.stream_type in ["REST", "GraphQL"] %}
diff --git a/cookiecutter/target-template/{{cookiecutter.target_id}}/pyproject.toml b/cookiecutter/target-template/{{cookiecutter.target_id}}/pyproject.toml
index e7195baeb..065bd15cc 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/target-template/{{cookiecutter.target_id}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cookiecutter/target-template/{{cookiecutter.target_id}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ packages = [
 {%- endif %}
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.7.1,<4"
+python = ">=3.8,<4"
 singer-sdk = { version="~=0.33.0b2" }
 fs-s3fs = { version = "~=1.1.1", optional = true }
 {%- if cookiecutter.serialization_method != "SQL" %}