diff --git a/freqtrade/__main__.py b/freqtrade/__main__.py
index f39321c83..caa26ce0a 100755
--- a/freqtrade/__main__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/__main__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 __main__.py for Freqtrade
 To launch Freqtrade as a module
 
-> python -m freqtrade (with Python >= 3.9)
+> python -m freqtrade (with Python >= 3.10)
 """
 
 from freqtrade import main
diff --git a/freqtrade/main.py b/freqtrade/main.py
index 67584c5b7..4e40c36ad 100755
--- a/freqtrade/main.py
+++ b/freqtrade/main.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ from typing import Any, List, Optional
 
 
 # check min. python version
-if sys.version_info < (3, 9):  # pragma: no cover
-    sys.exit("Freqtrade requires Python version >= 3.9")
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):  # pragma: no cover
+    sys.exit("Freqtrade requires Python version >= 3.10")
 
 from freqtrade import __version__
 from freqtrade.commands import Arguments