diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 506cee55..5cad2fbc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11]
+        python: [3.9, "3.10", 3.11]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index c5247467..6a3c1007 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: '3.8'
+        python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install tox
       run: pip install tox==3.24.1
     - name: Build docs
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 02af3586..39d151c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 The intended audience of this file is for py42 consumers -- as such, changes that don't affect
 how a consumer would use the library (e.g. adding unit tests, updating documentation, etc) are not captured here.
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.27.3 - 2024-12-18
+
+## Removed
+
+- Ended support for python 3.8, which is end-of-life.
 
 ### Added
 
 - A setting to add a prefix to the user-agent.
 
+
 ## 1.27.2 - 2024-11-27
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a04e1cd6..05d4c1c8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ point to your virtual environment, and you should be ready to go!
 
 ## Run a full build
 
-We use [tox](https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#) to run our build against Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8. When run locally, `tox` will run only against the version of python that your virtual envrionment is running, but all versions will be validated against when you [open a PR](#opening-a-pr).
+We use [tox](https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#) to run our build against Python 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11. When run locally, `tox` will run only against the version of python that your virtual envrionment is running, but all versions will be validated against when you [open a PR](#opening-a-pr).
 
 To run all the unit tests, do a test build of the documentation, and check that the code meets all style requirements, simply run:
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 64506736..d1653fa6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 #
 # This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
 # Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
-language = None
+# language = None
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6912bb41..ce7f0c92 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
             "tox==3.24.0",
         ],
         "docs": [
-            "sphinx==4.4.0",
-            "myst-parser==0.17.2",
-            "sphinx_rtd_theme==1.0.0",
-            "docutils == 0.16",
+            "sphinx==8.1.3",
+            "myst-parser==4.0.0",
+            "sphinx_rtd_theme==3.0.2",
+            "docutils == 0.21.2",
         ],
     },
     classifiers=[
@@ -55,10 +55,9 @@
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "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",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/src/py42/__version__.py b/src/py42/__version__.py
index 2e7840be..3b3b99dd 100644
--- a/src/py42/__version__.py
+++ b/src/py42/__version__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # py42
 
-__version__ = "1.27.2"
+__version__ = "1.27.3"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index dc2ce202..aad002bf 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:docs]
 deps =
-    sphinx == 4.4.0
-    myst-parser == 0.17.2
-    sphinx_rtd_theme == 1.0.0
-    docutils == 0.16
+    sphinx == 8.1.3
+    myst-parser == 4.0.0
+    sphinx_rtd_theme == 3.0.2
+    docutils == 0.21.2
 
 whitelist_externals = bash