diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7114529c..98dc6434 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SAM-Audio and the Judge model crucially rely on [Perception-Encoder Audio-Visual
 ## Setup
 
 **Requirements:**
-- Python >= 3.10
+- Python >= 3.11
 - CUDA-compatible GPU (recommended)
 
 Install dependencies:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f96a8f7..b06a9f5d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ authors = [
 
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file="LICENSE" }
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "dacvae@git+https://github.com/facebookresearch/dacvae.git",
     "audiobox_aesthetics",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ include = ["sam_audio*"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py311"
 
 lint.select=[
     "B",