diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 87edc7f..2174e97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,11 +74,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
-      - name: check python version
-        run: python --version
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with: {name: python-distribution-files, path: dist/}
-      - name: Install tox
+      - name: Install tox-gh plugin
         run: python -m pip install tox-gh>=1.2
       - name: Setup test suite
         run: tox -vv --notest
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 21b0814..c8571ff 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ formats:
   - pdf
 
 python:
-  version: 3.8
+  version: 3.9
   install:
     - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
     - {path: ., method: pip}
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b3f620c..25a9100 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ isolated_build = True
 
 [gh]
 python =
-    3.8: py38
+    3.9: py39
     3.12: py312
 
 
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ extras =
     testing
     all
 commands =
-    python --version
     # The `-m ""` overrides the `-m "not slow"` in setup.cfg
     pytest {posargs} -m ""