diff --git a/docs/generators/python.md b/docs/generators/python.md
index fc2e686a275a..cc97104e4932 100644
--- a/docs/generators/python.md
+++ b/docs/generators/python.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ title: Documentation for the python Generator
 | generator stability | STABLE | |
 | generator type | CLIENT | |
 | generator language | Python | |
-| generator language version | 3.7+ | |
+| generator language version | 3.8+ | |
 | generator default templating engine | mustache | |
 | helpTxt | Generates a Python client library. | |
 
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
index ee91757e1012..c2a04ac86ff7 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ public String generatePackageName(String packageName) {
 
     @Override
     public String generatorLanguageVersion() {
-        return "3.7+";
+        return "3.8+";
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/samples/client/echo_api/python-disallowAdditionalPropertiesIfNotPresent/README.md b/samples/client/echo_api/python-disallowAdditionalPropertiesIfNotPresent/README.md
index 1e9e76b68375..ebea24315a98 100644
--- a/samples/client/echo_api/python-disallowAdditionalPropertiesIfNotPresent/README.md
+++ b/samples/client/echo_api/python-disallowAdditionalPropertiesIfNotPresent/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This Python package is automatically generated by the [OpenAPI Generator](https:
 
 ## Requirements.
 
-Python 3.7+
+Python 3.8+
 
 ## Installation & Usage
 ### pip install
diff --git a/samples/client/echo_api/python/README.md b/samples/client/echo_api/python/README.md
index 1e9e76b68375..ebea24315a98 100644
--- a/samples/client/echo_api/python/README.md
+++ b/samples/client/echo_api/python/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This Python package is automatically generated by the [OpenAPI Generator](https:
 
 ## Requirements.
 
-Python 3.7+
+Python 3.8+
 
 ## Installation & Usage
 ### pip install
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/README.md b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/README.md
index 42d05ee4ac38..6b5da0a70846 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/README.md
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This Python package is automatically generated by the [OpenAPI Generator](https:
 
 ## Requirements.
 
-Python 3.7+
+Python 3.8+
 
 ## Installation & Usage
 ### pip install
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/README.md b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/README.md
index 4cca7ff8f57f..b7296a84b7f2 100755
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/README.md
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This Python package is automatically generated by the [OpenAPI Generator](https:
 
 ## Requirements.
 
-Python 3.7+
+Python 3.8+
 
 ## Installation & Usage
 ### pip install