diff --git a/documentation/poky.yaml.in b/documentation/poky.yaml.in
index c93b780664..aeda3665e9 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.yaml.in
+++ b/documentation/poky.yaml.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DOCCONF_VERSION : "dev"
 BITBAKE_SERIES : ""
 YOCTO_DL_URL : "https://downloads.yoctoproject.org"
 YOCTO_RELEASE_DL_URL : "&YOCTO_DL_URL;/releases/yocto/yocto-&DISTRO;"
-MIN_PYTHON_VERSION : "3.8.0"
+MIN_PYTHON_VERSION : "3.9.0"
 MIN_TAR_VERSION : "1.28"
 MIN_GIT_VERSION : "1.8.3.1"
 MIN_GCC_VERSION : "8.0"