diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
index 175814d9..55b17d92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-22.04]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-        exclude:
-          - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: [3.5, 3.6]
+        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
index 39dbfbfc..cc4c30f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # TODO: add macos-latest
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-        exclude:
-          - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: [3.5, 3.6]
+        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip list
 
     - name: Update Black
-      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.8 }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.9 }}
       run: |
         pip install flake8-pytest-importorskip
         pip install --upgrade click==8.0.4
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install flake8==4.0.1
 
     - name: Lint and Format Check with Flake8 and Black
-      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.8 }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.9 }}
       run: |
         black --diff --check .
         flake8