From 3f29f3dc30c3702d9533801abeb2d043ed612e71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman <me@rman.dev>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:07:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] deprecate Python 3.9 support

---
 .devcontainer/Dockerfile | 2 +-
 .python-version          | 2 +-
 README.md                | 4 ++--
 pyproject.toml           | 5 ++---
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index ff261bad..db3ed8a3 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG VARIANT="3.9"
+ARG VARIANT="3.10"
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/python:0-${VARIANT}
 
 USER vscode
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
index 43077b24..eae0123d 100644
--- a/.python-version
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.9.18
+3.10.19
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index add4340b..3eea186f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
 [![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/groq.svg?label=pypi%20(stable))](https://pypi.org/project/groq/)
 
-The Groq Python library provides convenient access to the Groq REST API from any Python 3.9+
+The Groq Python library provides convenient access to the Groq REST API from any Python 3.10+
 application. The library includes type definitions for all request params and response fields,
 and offers both synchronous and asynchronous clients powered by [httpx](https://github.com/encode/httpx).
 
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ print(groq.__version__)
 
 ## Requirements
 
-Python 3.9 or higher.
+Python 3.10 or higher.
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b54bdb25..0c2ff41d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ dependencies = [
   "sniffio",
 ]
 
-requires-python = ">= 3.9"
+requires-python = ">= 3.10"
 classifiers = [
   "Typing :: Typed",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
 # there are a couple of flags that are still disabled by
 # default in strict mode as they are experimental and niche.
 typeCheckingMode = "strict"
-pythonVersion = "3.9"
+pythonVersion = "3.10"
 
 exclude = [
     "_dev",