diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml
index be3ddad1..53c44509 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: poetry
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: poetry install -E ${{ matrix.module }}
-      - name: Lint the code
+      - name: Run linter
         run: make modules/${{ matrix.module }}/lint
       - name: Run tests
         run: make modules/${{ matrix.module }}/tests
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
index a8af42e7..5c73588c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu, macos, windows ]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: poetry
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: poetry install
-      - name: Lint the code
+      - name: Run linter
         run: make core/lint
       - name: Run tests
         run: make core/tests
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 874ff981..a228b345 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ packages = [
 "Issue Tracker" = "https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9,<3.12"
+python = ">=3.8,<3.12"
 docker = "*" # ">=4.0"
 urllib3 = "*" # "<2.0"
 wrapt = "*" # "^1.16.0"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d5bfb97b..d673938d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
-
-[metadata]
-description-file = README.rst
-
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 100
 exclude = .git,__pycache__,build,dist,venv,.venv
-
-[tools:pytest]
-log_cli_level = INFO
-log_cli = true