diff --git a/.github/workflows/_disabled/gt4py-sphinx.yml b/.github/workflows/_disabled/gt4py-sphinx.yml
index d862ab7321..cb3b275787 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_disabled/gt4py-sphinx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_disabled/gt4py-sphinx.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.10
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-ci.yml
index 7ece5a4d5e..28512a18ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   daily-ci:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         tox-module-factor: ["cartesian", "eve", "next", "storage"]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
         requirements-file: ["requirements-dev.txt", "min-requirements-test.txt", "min-extra-requirements-test.txt"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-cartesian-fallback.yml b/.github/workflows/test-cartesian-fallback.yml
index 45bbdf271a..76fd898159 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-cartesian-fallback.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-cartesian-fallback.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         tox-factor: [internal, dace]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-cartesian.yml b/.github/workflows/test-cartesian.yml
index f7e78ee6c1..fd896c3d89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-cartesian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-cartesian.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         tox-factor: [internal, dace]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-eve-fallback.yml b/.github/workflows/test-eve-fallback.yml
index 661118e71d..461400423f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-eve-fallback.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-eve-fallback.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   test-eve:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-eve.yml b/.github/workflows/test-eve.yml
index bfd6d8e481..e83c4c563b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-eve.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-eve.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
   test-eve:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
       fail-fast: false
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-storage-fallback.yml b/.github/workflows/test-storage-fallback.yml
index df861c6468..022c66b1f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-storage-fallback.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-storage-fallback.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   test-storage:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         tox-factor: [internal, dace]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-storage.yml b/.github/workflows/test-storage.yml
index 2f85670eeb..bfe6e49d23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-storage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-storage.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
   test-storage:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         tox-factor: [internal, dace]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e383112310..051781ea49 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ repos:
   ## version = re.search('ruff==([0-9\.]*)', open("constraints.txt").read())[1]
   ## print(f"rev: v{version}")
   ##]]]
-  rev: v0.8.2
+  rev: v0.8.6
   ##[[[end]]]
   hooks:
     # Run the linter.
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ repos:
   ## version = re.search('mypy==([0-9\.]*)', open("constraints.txt").read())[1]
   ## print(f"#========= FROM constraints.txt: v{version} =========")
   ##]]]
-  #========= FROM constraints.txt: v1.13.0 =========
+  #========= FROM constraints.txt: v1.14.1 =========
   ##[[[end]]]
-  rev: v1.13.0  # MUST match version ^^^^ in constraints.txt (if the mirror is up-to-date)
+  rev: v1.14.1  # MUST match version ^^^^ in constraints.txt (if the mirror is up-to-date)
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
     additional_dependencies:  # versions from constraints.txt
@@ -90,31 +90,29 @@ repos:
     ## for pkg in packages:
     ##     print(f"- {pkg}==" + str(re.search(f'\n{pkg}==([0-9\.]*)', constraints)[1]))
     ##]]]
-    - astunparse==1.6.3
-    - attrs==24.2.0
-    - black==24.8.0
+    - attrs==24.3.0
+    - black==24.10.0
     - boltons==24.1.0
     - cached-property==2.0.1
-    - click==8.1.7
-    - cmake==3.31.1
-    - cytoolz==1.0.0
-    - deepdiff==8.0.1
+    - click==8.1.8
+    - cmake==3.31.2
+    - cytoolz==1.0.1
+    - deepdiff==8.1.1
     - devtools==0.12.2
     - diskcache==5.6.3
     - factory-boy==3.3.1
     - filelock==3.16.1
     - frozendict==2.4.6
     - gridtools-cpp==2.3.8
-    - importlib-resources==6.4.5
-    - jinja2==3.1.4
+    - jinja2==3.1.5
     - lark==1.2.2
     - mako==1.3.8
     - nanobind==2.4.0
-    - ninja==1.11.1.2
-    - numpy==1.24.4
+    - ninja==1.11.1.3
+    - numpy==1.26.4
     - packaging==24.2
     - pybind11==2.13.6
-    - setuptools==75.3.0
+    - setuptools==75.8.0
     - tabulate==0.9.0
     - typing-extensions==4.12.2
     - xxhash==3.0.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b782e20f63..07e0e1cdee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 GT4Py is a Python library for generating high performance implementations of stencil kernels from a high-level definition using regular Python functions. GT4Py is part of the GridTools framework, a set of libraries and utilities to develop performance portable applications in the area of weather and climate modeling.
 
-**NOTE:** The `gt4py.next` subpackage contains a new version of GT4Py which is not compatible with the current _stable_ version defined in `gt4py.cartesian`. The new version is highly experimental, it only works with unstructured meshes and it requires `python >= 3.10`.
+**NOTE:** The `gt4py.next` subpackage contains a new version of GT4Py which is not compatible with the current _stable_ version defined in `gt4py.cartesian`. The new version is still experimental.
 
 ## 📃 Description
 
diff --git a/ci/cscs-ci.yml b/ci/cscs-ci.yml
index 7adb88459e..c2a872c1c4 100644
--- a/ci/cscs-ci.yml
+++ b/ci/cscs-ci.yml
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ include:
   PYVERSION_PREFIX: py310
   PYVERSION: 3.10.9
 
-.py39: &py39
-  PYVERSION_PREFIX: py39
-  PYVERSION: 3.9.1
-
-.py38: &py38
-  PYVERSION_PREFIX: py38
-  PYVERSION: 3.8.5
 
 stages:
 - baseimage
@@ -78,20 +71,6 @@ build_py310_baseimage_aarch64:
   variables:
     <<: *py310
 
-build_py39_baseimage_x86_64:
-  extends: .build_baseimage_x86_64
-  variables:
-    <<: *py39
-build_py39_baseimage_aarch64:
-  extends: .build_baseimage_aarch64
-  variables:
-    <<: *py39
-
-build_py38_baseimage_x86_64:
-  extends: .build_baseimage_x86_64
-  variables:
-    <<: *py38
-
 
 .build_image:
   stage: image
@@ -128,23 +107,6 @@ build_py310_image_aarch64:
   variables:
     <<: *py310
 
-build_py39_image_x86_64:
-  extends: .build_image_x86_64
-  needs: [build_py39_baseimage_x86_64]
-  variables:
-    <<: *py39
-build_py39_image_aarch64:
-  extends: .build_image_aarch64
-  needs: [build_py39_baseimage_aarch64]
-  variables:
-    <<: *py39
-
-build_py38_image_x86_64:
-  extends: .build_image_x86_64
-  needs: [build_py38_baseimage_x86_64]
-  variables:
-    <<: *py38
-
 
 .test_helper:
   stage: test
@@ -210,20 +172,3 @@ test_py310_aarch64:
   needs: [build_py310_image_aarch64]
   variables:
     <<: *py310
-
-test_py39_x86_64:
-  extends: [.test_helper_x86_64]
-  needs: [build_py39_image_x86_64]
-  variables:
-    <<: *py39
-test_py39_aarch64:
-  extends: [.test_helper_aarch64]
-  needs: [build_py39_image_aarch64]
-  variables:
-    <<: *py39
-
-test_py38_x86_64:
-  extends: [.test_helper_x86_64]
-  needs: [build_py38_image_x86_64]
-  variables:
-    <<: *py38
diff --git a/constraints.txt b/constraints.txt
index fbdfb6e267..8b3e5e697f 100644
--- a/constraints.txt
+++ b/constraints.txt
@@ -1,182 +1,178 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    "tox run -e requirements-base"
 #
 aenum==3.1.15             # via dace
-alabaster==0.7.13         # via sphinx
+alabaster==1.0.0          # via sphinx
 annotated-types==0.7.0    # via pydantic
 asttokens==2.4.1          # via devtools, stack-data
-astunparse==1.6.3 ; python_version < "3.9"  # via dace, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-attrs==24.2.0             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), hypothesis, jsonschema, referencing
+astunparse==1.6.3         # via dace
+attrs==24.3.0             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), hypothesis, jsonschema, referencing
 babel==2.16.0             # via sphinx
-backcall==0.2.0           # via ipython
-black==24.8.0             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+black==24.10.0            # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 boltons==24.1.0           # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 bracex==2.5.post1         # via wcmatch
 build==1.2.2.post1        # via pip-tools
-bump-my-version==0.28.1   # via -r requirements-dev.in
+bump-my-version==0.29.0   # via -r requirements-dev.in
 cached-property==2.0.1    # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 cachetools==5.5.0         # via tox
-certifi==2024.8.30        # via requests
+certifi==2024.12.14       # via requests
 cfgv==3.4.0               # via pre-commit
 chardet==5.2.0            # via tox
-charset-normalizer==3.4.0  # via requests
-clang-format==19.1.4      # via -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-click==8.1.7              # via black, bump-my-version, gt4py (pyproject.toml), pip-tools, rich-click
-cmake==3.31.1             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+charset-normalizer==3.4.1  # via requests
+clang-format==19.1.6      # via -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+click==8.1.8              # via black, bump-my-version, gt4py (pyproject.toml), pip-tools, rich-click
+cmake==3.31.2             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 cogapp==3.4.1             # via -r requirements-dev.in
 colorama==0.4.6           # via tox
 comm==0.2.2               # via ipykernel
-contourpy==1.1.1          # via matplotlib
-coverage==7.6.1           # via -r requirements-dev.in, pytest-cov
+contourpy==1.3.1          # via matplotlib
+coverage==7.6.10          # via -r requirements-dev.in, pytest-cov
 cycler==0.12.1            # via matplotlib
-cytoolz==1.0.0            # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+cytoolz==1.0.1            # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 dace==1.0.0               # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 darglint==1.8.1           # via -r requirements-dev.in
-debugpy==1.8.9            # via ipykernel
+debugpy==1.8.11           # via ipykernel
 decorator==5.1.1          # via ipython
-deepdiff==8.0.1           # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+deepdiff==8.1.1           # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 devtools==0.12.2          # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 dill==0.3.9               # via dace
 diskcache==5.6.3          # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 distlib==0.3.9            # via virtualenv
-docutils==0.20.1          # via sphinx, sphinx-rtd-theme
-exceptiongroup==1.2.2     # via hypothesis, pytest
+docutils==0.21.2          # via sphinx, sphinx-rtd-theme
+exceptiongroup==1.2.2     # via hypothesis, ipython, pytest
 execnet==2.1.1            # via pytest-cache, pytest-xdist
 executing==2.1.0          # via devtools, stack-data
 factory-boy==3.3.1        # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), pytest-factoryboy
-faker==33.1.0             # via factory-boy
+faker==33.3.0             # via factory-boy
 fastjsonschema==2.21.1    # via nbformat
 filelock==3.16.1          # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), tox, virtualenv
-fonttools==4.55.2         # via matplotlib
+fonttools==4.55.3         # via matplotlib
 fparser==0.2.0            # via dace
 frozendict==2.4.6         # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-gitdb==4.0.11             # via gitpython
-gitpython==3.1.43         # via tach
+gitdb==4.0.12             # via gitpython
+gitpython==3.1.44         # via tach
 gridtools-cpp==2.3.8      # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-hypothesis==6.113.0       # via -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-identify==2.6.1           # via pre-commit
+hypothesis==6.123.11      # via -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+identify==2.6.5           # via pre-commit
 idna==3.10                # via requests
 imagesize==1.4.1          # via sphinx
-importlib-metadata==8.5.0  # via build, jupyter-client, sphinx
-importlib-resources==6.4.5 ; python_version < "3.9"  # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), jsonschema, jsonschema-specifications, matplotlib
 inflection==0.5.1         # via pytest-factoryboy
 iniconfig==2.0.0          # via pytest
 ipykernel==6.29.5         # via nbmake
-ipython==8.12.3           # via ipykernel
+ipython==8.31.0           # via ipykernel
+jax==0.4.38               # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+jaxlib==0.4.38            # via jax
 jedi==0.19.2              # via ipython
-jinja2==3.1.4             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), sphinx
+jinja2==3.1.5             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), sphinx
 jsonschema==4.23.0        # via nbformat
-jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1  # via jsonschema
+jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1  # via jsonschema
 jupyter-client==8.6.3     # via ipykernel, nbclient
-jupyter-core==5.7.2       # via ipykernel, jupyter-client, nbformat
-jupytext==1.16.4          # via -r requirements-dev.in
-kiwisolver==1.4.7         # via matplotlib
+jupyter-core==5.7.2       # via ipykernel, jupyter-client, nbclient, nbformat
+jupytext==1.16.6          # via -r requirements-dev.in
+kiwisolver==1.4.8         # via matplotlib
 lark==1.2.2               # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 mako==1.3.8               # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0     # via jupytext, mdit-py-plugins, rich
-markupsafe==2.1.5         # via jinja2, mako
-matplotlib==3.7.5         # via -r requirements-dev.in
+markupsafe==3.0.2         # via jinja2, mako
+matplotlib==3.10.0        # via -r requirements-dev.in
 matplotlib-inline==0.1.7  # via ipykernel, ipython
 mdit-py-plugins==0.4.2    # via jupytext
 mdurl==0.1.2              # via markdown-it-py
+ml-dtypes==0.5.1          # via jax, jaxlib
 mpmath==1.3.0             # via sympy
-mypy==1.13.0              # via -r requirements-dev.in
+mypy==1.14.1              # via -r requirements-dev.in
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0    # via black, mypy
 nanobind==2.4.0           # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-nbclient==0.6.8           # via nbmake
+nbclient==0.10.2          # via nbmake
 nbformat==5.10.4          # via jupytext, nbclient, nbmake
-nbmake==1.5.4             # via -r requirements-dev.in
-nest-asyncio==1.6.0       # via ipykernel, nbclient
-networkx==3.1             # via dace, tach
-ninja==1.11.1.2           # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+nbmake==1.5.5             # via -r requirements-dev.in
+nest-asyncio==1.6.0       # via ipykernel
+networkx==3.4.2           # via dace, tach
+ninja==1.11.1.3           # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 nodeenv==1.9.1            # via pre-commit
-numpy==1.24.4             # via contourpy, dace, gt4py (pyproject.toml), matplotlib, scipy
-orderly-set==5.2.2        # via deepdiff
+numpy==1.26.4             # via contourpy, dace, gt4py (pyproject.toml), jax, jaxlib, matplotlib, ml-dtypes, scipy
+opt-einsum==3.4.0         # via jax
+orderly-set==5.2.3        # via deepdiff
 packaging==24.2           # via black, build, dace, gt4py (pyproject.toml), ipykernel, jupytext, matplotlib, pipdeptree, pyproject-api, pytest, pytest-factoryboy, setuptools-scm, sphinx, tox
 parso==0.8.4              # via jedi
 pathspec==0.12.1          # via black
 pexpect==4.9.0            # via ipython
-pickleshare==0.7.5        # via ipython
-pillow==10.4.0            # via matplotlib
+pillow==11.1.0            # via matplotlib
 pip-tools==7.4.1          # via -r requirements-dev.in
 pipdeptree==2.24.0        # via -r requirements-dev.in
-pkgutil-resolve-name==1.3.10  # via jsonschema
 platformdirs==4.3.6       # via black, jupyter-core, tox, virtualenv
 pluggy==1.5.0             # via pytest, tox
 ply==3.11                 # via dace
-pre-commit==3.5.0         # via -r requirements-dev.in
-prompt-toolkit==3.0.36    # via ipython, questionary, tach
-psutil==6.1.0             # via -r requirements-dev.in, ipykernel, pytest-xdist
+pre-commit==4.0.1         # via -r requirements-dev.in
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.48    # via ipython, questionary, tach
+psutil==6.1.1             # via -r requirements-dev.in, ipykernel, pytest-xdist
 ptyprocess==0.7.0         # via pexpect
 pure-eval==0.2.3          # via stack-data
 pybind11==2.13.6          # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-pydantic==2.10.3          # via bump-my-version, pydantic-settings
-pydantic-core==2.27.1     # via pydantic
-pydantic-settings==2.6.1  # via bump-my-version
-pydot==3.0.3              # via tach
-pygments==2.18.0          # via -r requirements-dev.in, devtools, ipython, nbmake, rich, sphinx
-pyparsing==3.1.4          # via matplotlib, pydot
+pydantic==2.10.4          # via bump-my-version, pydantic-settings
+pydantic-core==2.27.2     # via pydantic
+pydantic-settings==2.7.1  # via bump-my-version
+pydot==3.0.4              # via tach
+pygments==2.19.1          # via -r requirements-dev.in, devtools, ipython, nbmake, rich, sphinx
+pyparsing==3.2.1          # via matplotlib, pydot
 pyproject-api==1.8.0      # via tox
 pyproject-hooks==1.2.0    # via build, pip-tools
 pytest==8.3.4             # via -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml), nbmake, pytest-cache, pytest-cov, pytest-custom-exit-code, pytest-factoryboy, pytest-instafail, pytest-xdist
 pytest-cache==1.0         # via -r requirements-dev.in
-pytest-cov==5.0.0         # via -r requirements-dev.in
+pytest-cov==6.0.0         # via -r requirements-dev.in
 pytest-custom-exit-code==0.3.0  # via -r requirements-dev.in
 pytest-factoryboy==2.7.0  # via -r requirements-dev.in
 pytest-instafail==0.5.0   # via -r requirements-dev.in
 pytest-xdist==3.6.1       # via -r requirements-dev.in
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0  # via faker, jupyter-client, matplotlib
 python-dotenv==1.0.1      # via pydantic-settings
-pytz==2024.2              # via babel
 pyyaml==6.0.2             # via dace, jupytext, pre-commit, tach
 pyzmq==26.2.0             # via ipykernel, jupyter-client
-questionary==2.0.1        # via bump-my-version
+questionary==2.1.0        # via bump-my-version
 referencing==0.35.1       # via jsonschema, jsonschema-specifications
 requests==2.32.3          # via sphinx
 rich==13.9.4              # via bump-my-version, rich-click, tach
 rich-click==1.8.5         # via bump-my-version
-rpds-py==0.20.1           # via jsonschema, referencing
-ruff==0.8.2               # via -r requirements-dev.in
-scipy==1.10.1             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+rpds-py==0.22.3           # via jsonschema, referencing
+ruff==0.8.6               # via -r requirements-dev.in
+scipy==1.15.0             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), jax, jaxlib
 setuptools-scm==8.1.0     # via fparser
 six==1.17.0               # via asttokens, astunparse, python-dateutil
-smmap==5.0.1              # via gitdb
+smmap==5.0.2              # via gitdb
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0    # via sphinx
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0   # via hypothesis
-sphinx==7.1.2             # via -r requirements-dev.in, sphinx-rtd-theme, sphinxcontrib-jquery
+sphinx==8.1.3             # via -r requirements-dev.in, sphinx-rtd-theme, sphinxcontrib-jquery
 sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.2   # via -r requirements-dev.in
-sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.4  # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2  # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.1  # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-applehelp==2.0.0  # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-devhelp==2.0.0  # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.1.0  # via sphinx
 sphinxcontrib-jquery==4.1  # via sphinx-rtd-theme
 sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1  # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3  # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5  # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0  # via sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0  # via sphinx
 stack-data==0.6.3         # via ipython
-stdlib-list==0.10.0       # via tach
 sympy==1.13.3             # via dace
 tabulate==0.9.0           # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-tach==0.16.5              # via -r requirements-dev.in
-tomli==2.2.1 ; python_version < "3.11"  # via -r requirements-dev.in, black, build, coverage, jupytext, mypy, pip-tools, pyproject-api, pytest, setuptools-scm, tach, tox
-tomli-w==1.0.0            # via tach
+tach==0.19.5              # via -r requirements-dev.in
+tomli==2.2.1 ; python_version < "3.11"  # via -r requirements-dev.in, black, build, coverage, jupytext, mypy, pip-tools, pyproject-api, pytest, setuptools-scm, sphinx, tach, tox
+tomli-w==1.1.0            # via tach
 tomlkit==0.13.2           # via bump-my-version
 toolz==1.0.0              # via cytoolz
 tornado==6.4.2            # via ipykernel, jupyter-client
 tox==4.23.2               # via -r requirements-dev.in
 traitlets==5.14.3         # via comm, ipykernel, ipython, jupyter-client, jupyter-core, matplotlib-inline, nbclient, nbformat
 types-tabulate==0.9.0.20241207  # via -r requirements-dev.in
-typing-extensions==4.12.2  # via annotated-types, black, faker, gt4py (pyproject.toml), ipython, mypy, pydantic, pydantic-core, pytest-factoryboy, rich, rich-click, setuptools-scm, tox
-urllib3==2.2.3            # via requests
-virtualenv==20.28.0       # via pre-commit, tox
+typing-extensions==4.12.2  # via black, faker, gt4py (pyproject.toml), ipython, mypy, pydantic, pydantic-core, pytest-factoryboy, rich, rich-click, tox
+urllib3==2.3.0            # via requests
+virtualenv==20.28.1       # via pre-commit, tox
 wcmatch==10.0             # via bump-my-version
 wcwidth==0.2.13           # via prompt-toolkit
 wheel==0.45.1             # via astunparse, pip-tools
 xxhash==3.0.0             # via gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-zipp==3.20.2              # via importlib-metadata, importlib-resources
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 pip==24.3.1               # via pip-tools, pipdeptree
-setuptools==75.3.0        # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), pip-tools, setuptools-scm
+setuptools==75.8.0        # via gt4py (pyproject.toml), pip-tools, setuptools-scm
diff --git a/min-extra-requirements-test.txt b/min-extra-requirements-test.txt
index 6d75415181..a4924cc09c 100644
--- a/min-extra-requirements-test.txt
+++ b/min-extra-requirements-test.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 ##         result.append(str(make_min_req(r)))
 ## print("\n".join(sorted(result)))
 ##]]]
-astunparse==1.6.3; python_version < "3.9"
 attrs==21.3
 black==22.3
 boltons==20.1
@@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ filelock==3.16.1
 frozendict==2.3
 gridtools-cpp==2.3.8
 hypothesis==6.0.0
-importlib-resources==5.0; python_version < "3.9"
-jax[cpu]==0.4.18; python_version >= "3.10"
+jax[cpu]==0.4.18
 jinja2==3.0.0
 jupytext==1.14
 lark==1.1.2
diff --git a/min-requirements-test.txt b/min-requirements-test.txt
index 991b7a6941..4b24385410 100644
--- a/min-requirements-test.txt
+++ b/min-requirements-test.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 ##     result.append(str(make_min_req(r)))
 ## print("\n".join(sorted(result)))
 ##]]]
-astunparse==1.6.3; python_version < "3.9"
 attrs==21.3
 black==22.3
 boltons==20.1
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ filelock==3.16.1
 frozendict==2.3
 gridtools-cpp==2.3.8
 hypothesis==6.0.0
-importlib-resources==5.0; python_version < "3.9"
 jinja2==3.0.0
 jupytext==1.14
 lark==1.1.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d086363ec4..78735116ed 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ classifiers = [
   'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
   'Operating System :: POSIX',
   'Programming Language :: Python',
-  'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-  'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
@@ -24,7 +22,6 @@ classifiers = [
   'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics'
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "astunparse>=1.6.3;python_version<'3.9'",
   'attrs>=21.3',
   'black>=22.3',
   'boltons>=20.1',
@@ -39,7 +36,6 @@ dependencies = [
   'filelock>=3.16.1',
   'frozendict>=2.3',
   'gridtools-cpp>=2.3.8,==2.*',
-  "importlib-resources>=5.0;python_version<'3.9'",
   'jinja2>=3.0.0',
   'lark>=1.1.2',
   'mako>=1.1',
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ keywords = [
 license = {file = 'LICENSE.txt'}
 name = 'gt4py'
 readme = 'README.md'
-requires-python = '>=3.8'
+requires-python = '>=3.10'
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 # Bundles
@@ -80,9 +76,9 @@ cuda12 = ['cupy-cuda12x>=12.0']
 dace = ['dace>=1.0.0,<1.1.0']  # v1.x will contain breaking changes, see https://github.com/spcl/dace/milestone/4
 formatting = ['clang-format>=9.0']
 gpu = ['cupy>=12.0']
-jax-cpu = ['jax[cpu]>=0.4.18; python_version>="3.10"']
-jax-cuda11 = ['jax[cuda11_pip]>=0.4.18; python_version>="3.10"']
-jax-cuda12 = ['jax[cuda12_pip]>=0.4.18; python_version>="3.10"']
+jax-cpu = ['jax[cpu]>=0.4.18']
+jax-cuda11 = ['jax[cuda11_pip]>=0.4.18']
+jax-cuda12 = ['jax[cuda12_pip]>=0.4.18']
 performance = ['scipy>=1.9.2']
 rocm-43 = ['cupy-rocm-4-3']
 testing = ['hypothesis>=6.0.0', 'pytest>=7.0']
@@ -275,7 +271,7 @@ line-length = 100  # It should be the same as in `tool.black.line-length` above
 respect-gitignore = true
 show-fixes = true
 # show-source = true
-target-version = 'py38'
+target-version = 'py310'
 
 [tool.ruff.format]
 docstring-code-format = true
@@ -292,7 +288,8 @@ docstring-code-format = true
 # NPY: NumPy-specific rules
 # RUF: Ruff-specific rules
 ignore = [
-  'E501'  # [line-too-long]
+  'E501',  # [line-too-long]
+  'B905'  # [zip-without-explicit-strict]  # TODO(egparedes): Reevaluate this rule
 ]
 select = ['E', 'F', 'I', 'B', 'A', 'T10', 'ERA', 'NPY', 'RUF']
 typing-modules = ['gt4py.eve.extended_typing']
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 40554cef13..463b1bc6ac 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,181 +1,178 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.10
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    "tox run -e requirements-base"
 #
 aenum==3.1.15             # via -c constraints.txt, dace
-alabaster==0.7.13         # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
+alabaster==1.0.0          # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
 annotated-types==0.7.0    # via -c constraints.txt, pydantic
 asttokens==2.4.1          # via -c constraints.txt, devtools, stack-data
-astunparse==1.6.3 ; python_version < "3.9"  # via -c constraints.txt, dace, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-attrs==24.2.0             # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), hypothesis, jsonschema, referencing
+astunparse==1.6.3         # via -c constraints.txt, dace
+attrs==24.3.0             # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), hypothesis, jsonschema, referencing
 babel==2.16.0             # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
-backcall==0.2.0           # via -c constraints.txt, ipython
-black==24.8.0             # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+black==24.10.0            # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 boltons==24.1.0           # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 bracex==2.5.post1         # via -c constraints.txt, wcmatch
 build==1.2.2.post1        # via -c constraints.txt, pip-tools
-bump-my-version==0.28.1   # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+bump-my-version==0.29.0   # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 cached-property==2.0.1    # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 cachetools==5.5.0         # via -c constraints.txt, tox
-certifi==2024.8.30        # via -c constraints.txt, requests
+certifi==2024.12.14       # via -c constraints.txt, requests
 cfgv==3.4.0               # via -c constraints.txt, pre-commit
 chardet==5.2.0            # via -c constraints.txt, tox
-charset-normalizer==3.4.0  # via -c constraints.txt, requests
-clang-format==19.1.4      # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-click==8.1.7              # via -c constraints.txt, black, bump-my-version, gt4py (pyproject.toml), pip-tools, rich-click
-cmake==3.31.1             # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+charset-normalizer==3.4.1  # via -c constraints.txt, requests
+clang-format==19.1.6      # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+click==8.1.8              # via -c constraints.txt, black, bump-my-version, gt4py (pyproject.toml), pip-tools, rich-click
+cmake==3.31.2             # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 cogapp==3.4.1             # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 colorama==0.4.6           # via -c constraints.txt, tox
 comm==0.2.2               # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel
-contourpy==1.1.1          # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
-coverage[toml]==7.6.1     # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, pytest-cov
+contourpy==1.3.1          # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
+coverage[toml]==7.6.10    # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, pytest-cov
 cycler==0.12.1            # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
-cytoolz==1.0.0            # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+cytoolz==1.0.1            # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 dace==1.0.0               # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 darglint==1.8.1           # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-debugpy==1.8.9            # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel
+debugpy==1.8.11           # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel
 decorator==5.1.1          # via -c constraints.txt, ipython
-deepdiff==8.0.1           # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+deepdiff==8.1.1           # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 devtools==0.12.2          # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 dill==0.3.9               # via -c constraints.txt, dace
 diskcache==5.6.3          # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 distlib==0.3.9            # via -c constraints.txt, virtualenv
-docutils==0.20.1          # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx, sphinx-rtd-theme
-exceptiongroup==1.2.2     # via -c constraints.txt, hypothesis, pytest
+docutils==0.21.2          # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx, sphinx-rtd-theme
+exceptiongroup==1.2.2     # via -c constraints.txt, hypothesis, ipython, pytest
 execnet==2.1.1            # via -c constraints.txt, pytest-cache, pytest-xdist
 executing==2.1.0          # via -c constraints.txt, devtools, stack-data
 factory-boy==3.3.1        # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), pytest-factoryboy
-faker==33.1.0             # via -c constraints.txt, factory-boy
+faker==33.3.0             # via -c constraints.txt, factory-boy
 fastjsonschema==2.21.1    # via -c constraints.txt, nbformat
 filelock==3.16.1          # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), tox, virtualenv
-fonttools==4.55.2         # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
+fonttools==4.55.3         # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
 fparser==0.2.0            # via -c constraints.txt, dace
 frozendict==2.4.6         # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-gitdb==4.0.11             # via -c constraints.txt, gitpython
-gitpython==3.1.43         # via -c constraints.txt, tach
+gitdb==4.0.12             # via -c constraints.txt, gitpython
+gitpython==3.1.44         # via -c constraints.txt, tach
 gridtools-cpp==2.3.8      # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-hypothesis==6.113.0       # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-identify==2.6.1           # via -c constraints.txt, pre-commit
+hypothesis==6.123.11      # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+identify==2.6.5           # via -c constraints.txt, pre-commit
 idna==3.10                # via -c constraints.txt, requests
 imagesize==1.4.1          # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
-importlib-metadata==8.5.0  # via -c constraints.txt, build, jupyter-client, sphinx
-importlib-resources==6.4.5 ; python_version < "3.9"  # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), jsonschema, jsonschema-specifications, matplotlib
 inflection==0.5.1         # via -c constraints.txt, pytest-factoryboy
 iniconfig==2.0.0          # via -c constraints.txt, pytest
 ipykernel==6.29.5         # via -c constraints.txt, nbmake
-ipython==8.12.3           # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel
+ipython==8.31.0           # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel
+jax[cpu]==0.4.38          # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+jaxlib==0.4.38            # via -c constraints.txt, jax
 jedi==0.19.2              # via -c constraints.txt, ipython
-jinja2==3.1.4             # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), sphinx
+jinja2==3.1.5             # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), sphinx
 jsonschema==4.23.0        # via -c constraints.txt, nbformat
-jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1  # via -c constraints.txt, jsonschema
+jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1  # via -c constraints.txt, jsonschema
 jupyter-client==8.6.3     # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel, nbclient
-jupyter-core==5.7.2       # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel, jupyter-client, nbformat
-jupytext==1.16.4          # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-kiwisolver==1.4.7         # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
+jupyter-core==5.7.2       # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel, jupyter-client, nbclient, nbformat
+jupytext==1.16.6          # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+kiwisolver==1.4.8         # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
 lark==1.2.2               # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 mako==1.3.8               # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0     # via -c constraints.txt, jupytext, mdit-py-plugins, rich
-markupsafe==2.1.5         # via -c constraints.txt, jinja2, mako
-matplotlib==3.7.5         # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+markupsafe==3.0.2         # via -c constraints.txt, jinja2, mako
+matplotlib==3.10.0        # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 matplotlib-inline==0.1.7  # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel, ipython
 mdit-py-plugins==0.4.2    # via -c constraints.txt, jupytext
 mdurl==0.1.2              # via -c constraints.txt, markdown-it-py
+ml-dtypes==0.5.1          # via -c constraints.txt, jax, jaxlib
 mpmath==1.3.0             # via -c constraints.txt, sympy
-mypy==1.13.0              # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+mypy==1.14.1              # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0    # via -c constraints.txt, black, mypy
 nanobind==2.4.0           # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-nbclient==0.6.8           # via -c constraints.txt, nbmake
+nbclient==0.10.2          # via -c constraints.txt, nbmake
 nbformat==5.10.4          # via -c constraints.txt, jupytext, nbclient, nbmake
-nbmake==1.5.4             # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-nest-asyncio==1.6.0       # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel, nbclient
-networkx==3.1             # via -c constraints.txt, dace, tach
-ninja==1.11.1.2           # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
+nbmake==1.5.5             # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+nest-asyncio==1.6.0       # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel
+networkx==3.4.2           # via -c constraints.txt, dace, tach
+ninja==1.11.1.3           # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
 nodeenv==1.9.1            # via -c constraints.txt, pre-commit
-numpy==1.24.4             # via -c constraints.txt, contourpy, dace, gt4py (pyproject.toml), matplotlib
-orderly-set==5.2.2        # via -c constraints.txt, deepdiff
+numpy==1.26.4             # via -c constraints.txt, contourpy, dace, gt4py (pyproject.toml), jax, jaxlib, matplotlib, ml-dtypes, scipy
+opt-einsum==3.4.0         # via -c constraints.txt, jax
+orderly-set==5.2.3        # via -c constraints.txt, deepdiff
 packaging==24.2           # via -c constraints.txt, black, build, dace, gt4py (pyproject.toml), ipykernel, jupytext, matplotlib, pipdeptree, pyproject-api, pytest, pytest-factoryboy, setuptools-scm, sphinx, tox
 parso==0.8.4              # via -c constraints.txt, jedi
 pathspec==0.12.1          # via -c constraints.txt, black
 pexpect==4.9.0            # via -c constraints.txt, ipython
-pickleshare==0.7.5        # via -c constraints.txt, ipython
-pillow==10.4.0            # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
+pillow==11.1.0            # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib
 pip-tools==7.4.1          # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 pipdeptree==2.24.0        # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-pkgutil-resolve-name==1.3.10  # via -c constraints.txt, jsonschema
 platformdirs==4.3.6       # via -c constraints.txt, black, jupyter-core, tox, virtualenv
 pluggy==1.5.0             # via -c constraints.txt, pytest, tox
 ply==3.11                 # via -c constraints.txt, dace
-pre-commit==3.5.0         # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-prompt-toolkit==3.0.36    # via -c constraints.txt, ipython, questionary, tach
-psutil==6.1.0             # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, ipykernel, pytest-xdist
+pre-commit==4.0.1         # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.48    # via -c constraints.txt, ipython, questionary, tach
+psutil==6.1.1             # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, ipykernel, pytest-xdist
 ptyprocess==0.7.0         # via -c constraints.txt, pexpect
 pure-eval==0.2.3          # via -c constraints.txt, stack-data
 pybind11==2.13.6          # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-pydantic==2.10.3          # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version, pydantic-settings
-pydantic-core==2.27.1     # via -c constraints.txt, pydantic
-pydantic-settings==2.6.1  # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version
-pydot==3.0.3              # via -c constraints.txt, tach
-pygments==2.18.0          # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, devtools, ipython, nbmake, rich, sphinx
-pyparsing==3.1.4          # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib, pydot
+pydantic==2.10.4          # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version, pydantic-settings
+pydantic-core==2.27.2     # via -c constraints.txt, pydantic
+pydantic-settings==2.7.1  # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version
+pydot==3.0.4              # via -c constraints.txt, tach
+pygments==2.19.1          # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, devtools, ipython, nbmake, rich, sphinx
+pyparsing==3.2.1          # via -c constraints.txt, matplotlib, pydot
 pyproject-api==1.8.0      # via -c constraints.txt, tox
 pyproject-hooks==1.2.0    # via -c constraints.txt, build, pip-tools
 pytest==8.3.4             # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, gt4py (pyproject.toml), nbmake, pytest-cache, pytest-cov, pytest-custom-exit-code, pytest-factoryboy, pytest-instafail, pytest-xdist
 pytest-cache==1.0         # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-pytest-cov==5.0.0         # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+pytest-cov==6.0.0         # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 pytest-custom-exit-code==0.3.0  # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 pytest-factoryboy==2.7.0  # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 pytest-instafail==0.5.0   # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 pytest-xdist[psutil]==3.6.1  # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0  # via -c constraints.txt, faker, jupyter-client, matplotlib
 python-dotenv==1.0.1      # via -c constraints.txt, pydantic-settings
-pytz==2024.2              # via -c constraints.txt, babel
 pyyaml==6.0.2             # via -c constraints.txt, dace, jupytext, pre-commit, tach
 pyzmq==26.2.0             # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel, jupyter-client
-questionary==2.0.1        # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version
+questionary==2.1.0        # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version
 referencing==0.35.1       # via -c constraints.txt, jsonschema, jsonschema-specifications
 requests==2.32.3          # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
 rich==13.9.4              # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version, rich-click, tach
 rich-click==1.8.5         # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version
-rpds-py==0.20.1           # via -c constraints.txt, jsonschema, referencing
-ruff==0.8.2               # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+rpds-py==0.22.3           # via -c constraints.txt, jsonschema, referencing
+ruff==0.8.6               # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+scipy==1.15.0             # via -c constraints.txt, jax, jaxlib
 setuptools-scm==8.1.0     # via -c constraints.txt, fparser
 six==1.17.0               # via -c constraints.txt, asttokens, astunparse, python-dateutil
-smmap==5.0.1              # via -c constraints.txt, gitdb
+smmap==5.0.2              # via -c constraints.txt, gitdb
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0    # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0   # via -c constraints.txt, hypothesis
-sphinx==7.1.2             # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, sphinx-rtd-theme, sphinxcontrib-jquery
+sphinx==8.1.3             # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, sphinx-rtd-theme, sphinxcontrib-jquery
 sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.2   # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.4  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.1  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-applehelp==2.0.0  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-devhelp==2.0.0  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.1.0  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
 sphinxcontrib-jquery==4.1  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx-rtd-theme
 sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0  # via -c constraints.txt, sphinx
 stack-data==0.6.3         # via -c constraints.txt, ipython
-stdlib-list==0.10.0       # via -c constraints.txt, tach
 sympy==1.13.3             # via -c constraints.txt, dace
 tabulate==0.9.0           # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-tach==0.16.5              # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-tomli==2.2.1 ; python_version < "3.11"  # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, black, build, coverage, jupytext, mypy, pip-tools, pyproject-api, pytest, setuptools-scm, tach, tox
-tomli-w==1.0.0            # via -c constraints.txt, tach
+tach==0.19.5              # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
+tomli==2.2.1 ; python_version < "3.11"  # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in, black, build, coverage, jupytext, mypy, pip-tools, pyproject-api, pytest, setuptools-scm, sphinx, tach, tox
+tomli-w==1.1.0            # via -c constraints.txt, tach
 tomlkit==0.13.2           # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version
 toolz==1.0.0              # via -c constraints.txt, cytoolz
 tornado==6.4.2            # via -c constraints.txt, ipykernel, jupyter-client
 tox==4.23.2               # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
 traitlets==5.14.3         # via -c constraints.txt, comm, ipykernel, ipython, jupyter-client, jupyter-core, matplotlib-inline, nbclient, nbformat
 types-tabulate==0.9.0.20241207  # via -c constraints.txt, -r requirements-dev.in
-typing-extensions==4.12.2  # via -c constraints.txt, annotated-types, black, faker, gt4py (pyproject.toml), ipython, mypy, pydantic, pydantic-core, pytest-factoryboy, rich, rich-click, setuptools-scm, tox
-urllib3==2.2.3            # via -c constraints.txt, requests
-virtualenv==20.28.0       # via -c constraints.txt, pre-commit, tox
+typing-extensions==4.12.2  # via -c constraints.txt, black, faker, gt4py (pyproject.toml), ipython, mypy, pydantic, pydantic-core, pytest-factoryboy, rich, rich-click, tox
+urllib3==2.3.0            # via -c constraints.txt, requests
+virtualenv==20.28.1       # via -c constraints.txt, pre-commit, tox
 wcmatch==10.0             # via -c constraints.txt, bump-my-version
 wcwidth==0.2.13           # via -c constraints.txt, prompt-toolkit
 wheel==0.45.1             # via -c constraints.txt, astunparse, pip-tools
 xxhash==3.0.0             # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml)
-zipp==3.20.2              # via -c constraints.txt, importlib-metadata, importlib-resources
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 pip==24.3.1               # via -c constraints.txt, pip-tools, pipdeptree
-setuptools==75.3.0        # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), pip-tools, setuptools-scm
+setuptools==75.8.0        # via -c constraints.txt, gt4py (pyproject.toml), pip-tools, setuptools-scm
diff --git a/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtc/common.py b/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtc/common.py
index dcb01db7ca..8c3c731c75 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtc/common.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtc/common.py
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ class LevelMarker(eve.StrEnum):
 
 @enum.unique
 class ExprKind(eve.IntEnum):
-    SCALAR: ExprKind = typing.cast("ExprKind", enum.auto())
-    FIELD: ExprKind = typing.cast("ExprKind", enum.auto())
+    SCALAR = typing.cast("ExprKind", enum.auto())
+    FIELD = typing.cast("ExprKind", enum.auto())
 
 
 class LocNode(eve.Node):
diff --git a/src/gt4py/eve/utils.py b/src/gt4py/eve/utils.py
index 2c66d39290..96e41a7bd8 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/eve/utils.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/eve/utils.py
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ def content_hash(*args: Any, hash_algorithm: str | xtyping.HashlibAlgorithm | No
     return result
 
 
-ddiff = deepdiff.DeepDiff
-"""Shortcut for deepdiff.DeepDiff.
+ddiff = deepdiff.diff.DeepDiff
+"""Shortcut for deepdiff.diff.DeepDiff.
 
 Check https://zepworks.com/deepdiff/current/diff.html for more info.
 """
@@ -458,13 +458,13 @@ def dhash(obj: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
 def pprint_ddiff(
     old: Any, new: Any, *, pprint_opts: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, **kwargs: Any
 ) -> None:
-    """Pretty printing of deepdiff.DeepDiff objects.
+    """Pretty printing of deepdiff.diff.DeepDiff objects.
 
     Keyword Arguments:
         pprint_opts: kwargs dict with options for pprint.pprint.
     """
     pprint_opts = pprint_opts or {"indent": 2}
-    pprint.pprint(deepdiff.DeepDiff(old, new, **kwargs), **pprint_opts)
+    pprint.pprint(deepdiff.diff.DeepDiff(old, new, **kwargs), **pprint_opts)
 
 
 AnyWordsIterable = Union[str, Iterable[str]]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8da0e45810..e7bfd4a3e4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,19 +9,14 @@ envlist =
     storage-py{310}-{internal,dace}-{cpu}
     # docs
 labels =
-    test-cartesian-cpu = cartesian-py38-internal-cpu, cartesian-internal-py39-cpu, \
-    cartesian-internal-py310-cpu, cartesian-py311-internal-cpu, \
-    cartesian-py38-dace-cpu, cartesian-py39-dace-cpu, cartesian-py310-dace-cpu, cartesian-py311-dace-cpu
-    test-eve-cpu = eve-py38, eve-py39, eve-py310, eve-py311
+    test-cartesian-cpu = cartesian-internal-py310-cpu, cartesian-py311-internal-cpu, cartesian-py310-dace-cpu, cartesian-py311-dace-cpu
+    test-eve-cpu = eve-py310, eve-py311
     test-next-cpu = next-py310-nomesh-cpu, next-py311-nomesh-cpu, next-py310-atlas-cpu, next-py311-atlas-cpu
-    test-storage-cpu = storage-py38-internal-cpu, storage-py39-internal-cpu, storage-py310-internal-cpu, storage-py311-internal-cpu, \
-    storage-py38-dace-cpu, storage-py39-dace-cpu, storage-py310-dace-cpu, storage-py311-dace-cpu
-    test-cpu = cartesian-py38-internal-cpu, cartesian-py39-internal-cpu, cartesian-py310-internal-cpu, cartesian-py311-internal-cpu, \
-    cartesian-py38-dace-cpu, cartesian-py39-dace-cpu, cartesian-py310-dace-cpu, cartesian-py311-dace-cpu, \
-    eve-py38, eve-py39, eve-py310, eve-py311, \
+    test-storage-cpu = storage-py310-internal-cpu, storage-py311-internal-cpu, storage-py310-dace-cpu, storage-py311-dace-cpu
+    test-cpu = cartesian-py310-internal-cpu, cartesian-py311-internal-cpu, cartesian-py310-dace-cpu, cartesian-py311-dace-cpu, \
+    eve-py310, eve-py311, \
     next-py310-nomesh-cpu, next-py311-nomesh-cpu, next-py310-atlas-cpu, next-py311-atlas-cpu, \
-    storage-py38-internal-cpu, storage-py39-internal-cpu, storage-py310-internal-cpu, storage-py311-internal-cpu, \
-    storage-py38-dace-cpu, storage-py39-dace-cpu, storage-py310-dace-cpu, storage-py311-dace-cpu
+    storage-py310-internal-cpu, storage-py311-internal-cpu, storage-py310-dace-cpu, storage-py311-dace-cpu
 
 [testenv]
 deps = -r {tox_root}{/}{env:ENV_REQUIREMENTS_FILE:requirements-dev.txt}
@@ -42,7 +37,7 @@ set_env =
     PYTHONWARNINGS = {env:PYTHONWARNINGS:ignore:Support for `[tool.setuptools]` in `pyproject.toml` is still *beta*:UserWarning,ignore:Field View Program:UserWarning}
 
 # -- Primary tests --
-[testenv:cartesian-py{38,39,310,311}-{internal,dace}-{cpu,cuda,cuda11x,cuda12x}]
+[testenv:cartesian-py{310,311}-{internal,dace}-{cpu,cuda,cuda11x,cuda12x}]
 description = Run 'gt4py.cartesian' tests
 pass_env = {[testenv]pass_env}, BOOST_ROOT, BOOST_HOME, CUDA_HOME, CUDA_PATH, CXX, CC, OPENMP_CPPFLAGS, OPENMP_LDFLAGS, PIP_USER, PYTHONUSERBASE
 allowlist_externals =
@@ -65,7 +60,7 @@ commands =
 #     coverage json --rcfile=setup.cfg
 #     coverage html --rcfile=setup.cfg --show-contexts
 
-[testenv:eve-py{38,39,310,311}]
+[testenv:eve-py{310,311}]
 description = Run 'gt4py.eve' tests
 commands =
     python -m pytest --cache-clear -v -n {env:NUM_PROCESSES:1} {posargs} tests{/}eve_tests
@@ -89,7 +84,7 @@ commands =
         " {posargs} tests{/}next_tests
     pytest --doctest-modules src{/}gt4py{/}next
 
-[testenv:storage-py{38,39,310,311}-{internal,dace}-{cpu,cuda,cuda11x,cuda12x}]
+[testenv:storage-py{310,311}-{internal,dace}-{cpu,cuda,cuda11x,cuda12x}]
 description = Run 'gt4py.storage' tests
 commands =
     python -m pytest --cache-clear -v -n {env:NUM_PROCESSES:1} -m "\
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ commands =
     python -m pytest --nbmake examples -v -n {env:NUM_PROCESSES:1}
 
 # -- Other artefacts --
-[testenv:dev-py{38,39,310,311}{-atlas,}]
+[testenv:dev-py{310,311}{-atlas,}]
 description = Initialize development environment for gt4py
 deps =
     -r {tox_root}{/}requirements-dev.txt
@@ -141,17 +136,13 @@ set_env =
 #     git add _static
 # commands_post =
 
-[testenv:requirements-{base,py38,py39,py310,py311}]
+[testenv:requirements-{base,py310,py311}]
 description =
     base: Update pinned development requirements
-    py38: Update requirements for testing a specific python version
-    py39: Update requirements for testing a specific python version
     py310: Update requirements for testing a specific python version
     py311: Update requirements for testing a specific python version
 base_python =
-    base: py38
-    py38: py38
-    py39: py39
+    base: py310
     py310: py310
     py311: py311
 deps =