diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
index 482b09819c..1552b1a704 100644
--- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
+++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Python runtime
   option of the ``configure`` script to point QEMU to a supported
   version of the Python runtime.
 
-  As of QEMU |version|, the minimum supported version of Python is 3.7.
+  As of QEMU |version|, the minimum supported version of Python is 3.8.
 
 Python build dependencies
   Some of QEMU's build dependencies are written in Python.  Usually these