diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2e5063b..fed478e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ ignore = [
     "SIM117", # flake8-simplify - some of merged with statements are not looking great with black, reanble after drop python 3.9
 ]
 
-target-version = "py312"
+target-version = "py38"
 fix = true