diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 256ffd1..0acdba8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout main
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 13d569c..e207d68 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ readme = "README.md"
 dynamic = ["version", "description"]
 classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 dependencies = [
+    "scipy<1.13.0rc1", # for compatibility with fcsparser
     "lamin_utils",
     "fcsparser",
     "anndata",