diff --git a/freqtrade/main.py b/freqtrade/main.py
index a10620498..05e5409ad 100755
--- a/freqtrade/main.py
+++ b/freqtrade/main.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ from freqtrade.util.gc_setup import gc_set_threshold
 
 
 # check min. python version
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):  # pragma: no cover
-    sys.exit("Freqtrade requires Python version >= 3.8")
+if sys.version_info < (3, 9):  # pragma: no cover
+    sys.exit("Freqtrade requires Python version >= 3.9")
 
 from freqtrade import __version__
 from freqtrade.commands import Arguments
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c0123e219..cd0c65916 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ line-length = 100
 extend-exclude = [".env", ".venv"]
 target-version = "py38"
 # Exclude UP036 as it's causing the "exit if < 3.9" to fail.
-extend-ignore = [ "UP036" ]
 extend-select = [
   "C90",    # mccabe
   # "N",    # pep8-naming