diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 85b03be..c05aad3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 852fd95..8ae1cd3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Structured LLM based classification, clustering and extraction framework that works with all major API providers"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 authors = [{ name = "Fir121", email = "" }]
 keywords = ["llm", "classification", "clustering", "pydantic", "machine-learning", "ai"]
 classifiers = [
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
diff --git a/src/llm_classifier/classifier.py b/src/llm_classifier/classifier.py
index 429cee8..ad54865 100644
--- a/src/llm_classifier/classifier.py
+++ b/src/llm_classifier/classifier.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Core LLMClassifier implementation."""
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import hashlib
 import json
 import threading
diff --git a/src/llm_classifier/cluster.py b/src/llm_classifier/cluster.py
index cfe46ce..9954494 100644
--- a/src/llm_classifier/cluster.py
+++ b/src/llm_classifier/cluster.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Core LLMCluster implementation."""
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import json
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any, Generic, Type, TypeVar