diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
index d4517f2226..be5470b5a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-code.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.10']
         backend: ['django', 'sqlalchemy']
 
     services:
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ jobs:
         .github/workflows/tests.sh
 
     - name: Upload coverage report
-      if: matrix.python-version == 3.7 && github.repository == 'aiidateam/aiida-core'
+      if: matrix.python-version == 3.8 && github.repository == 'aiidateam/aiida-core'
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
       with:
-        name: aiida-pytests-py3.7-${{ matrix.backend }}
+        name: aiida-pytests-py3.8-${{ matrix.backend }}
         flags: ${{ matrix.backend }}
         file: ./coverage.xml
         fail_ci_if_error: false  # don't fail job, if coverage upload fails
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.10']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
index 89354a7dd8..4ad96e7671 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Set up Python 3.7
+    - name: Set up Python 3.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.7'
+        python-version: '3.8'
 
     - name: Install python dependencies
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-install.yml b/.github/workflows/test-install.yml
index 39d8721df4..a4744a3703 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-install.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
 
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
 
         # Not being able to install with conda on a specific Python version is
         # not sufficient to fail the run, but something we want to be aware of.
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
         backend: ['django', 'sqlalchemy']
 
     services:
diff --git a/.molecule/default/setup_python.yml b/.molecule/default/setup_python.yml
index eba59ea303..1c8c7ff9ec 100644
--- a/.molecule/default/setup_python.yml
+++ b/.molecule/default/setup_python.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     pip:
       chdir: "{{ aiida_core_dir }}"
       # TODO dynamically change for python version
-      requirements: requirements/requirements-py-3.7.txt
+      requirements: requirements/requirements-py-3.8.txt
       executable: "{{ venv_bin }}/pip"
       extra_args: --cache-dir {{ aiida_pip_cache }}
     register: pip_install_deps
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index ca0a5465d2..d7e6659730 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ channels:
 - conda-forge
 - defaults
 dependencies:
-- python~=3.7
+- python~=3.8
 - aldjemy~=2.4
 - alembic~=1.2
 - archive-path~=0.3.6
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a036f8302c..65a129088a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -131,17 +131,16 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 [tool.tox]
 legacy_tox_ini = """
 [tox]
-envlist = py37-django
+envlist = py38-django
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop=True
 deps =
-    py37: -rrequirements/requirements-py-3.7.txt
     py38: -rrequirements/requirements-py-3.8.txt
     py39: -rrequirements/requirements-py-3.9.txt
     py310: -rrequirements/requirements-py-3.10.txt
 
-[testenv:py{37,38,39,310}-{django,sqla}]
+[testenv:py{38,39,310}-{django,sqla}]
 passenv =
     PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG
 setenv =
@@ -150,13 +149,13 @@ setenv =
     SQLALCHEMY_WARN_20 = 1
 commands = pytest {posargs}
 
-[testenv:py{37,38,39,310}-verdi]
+[testenv:py{38,39,310}-verdi]
 setenv =
     AIIDA_TEST_BACKEND = django
     AIIDA_PATH = {toxinidir}/.tox/.aiida
 commands = verdi {posargs}
 
-[testenv:py{37,38,39,310}-docs-{clean,update}]
+[testenv:py{38,39,310}-docs-{clean,update}]
 description =
     clean: Build the documentation (remove any existing build)
     update: Build the documentation (modify any existing build)
@@ -169,11 +168,10 @@ commands =
     clean: make clean
     make debug
 
-[testenv:py{37,38,39,310}-docs-live]
+[testenv:py{38,39,310}-docs-live]
 # tip: remove apidocs before using this feature (`cd docs; make clean`)
 description = Build the documentation and launch browser (with live updates)
 deps =
-    py37: -rrequirements/requirements-py-3.7.txt
     py38: -rrequirements/requirements-py-3.8.txt
     py39: -rrequirements/requirements-py-3.9.txt
     py310: -rrequirements/requirements-py-3.10.txt
@@ -186,7 +184,7 @@ commands =
         --port 0 --open-browser \
         -n -b {posargs:html} docs/source/ docs/build/{posargs:html}
 
-[testenv:py{37,38,39,310}-pre-commit]
+[testenv:py{38,39,310}-pre-commit]
 description = Run the pre-commit checks
 extras = pre-commit
 commands = pre-commit run {posargs}
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-py-3.7.txt b/requirements/requirements-py-3.7.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 61c3cc0557..0000000000
--- a/requirements/requirements-py-3.7.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,183 +0,0 @@
-aiida-export-migration-tests==0.9.0
-aio-pika==6.8.0
-aiormq==3.3.1
-alabaster==0.7.12
-aldjemy==2.6
-alembic==1.7.5
-aniso8601==9.0.1
-archive-path==0.3.6
-argcomplete==1.12.3
-argon2-cffi==21.1.0
-ase==3.22.0
-asn1crypto==1.4.0
-async-generator==1.10
-attrs==21.2.0
-Babel==2.9.1
-backcall==0.2.0
-bcrypt==3.2.0
-beautifulsoup4==4.10.0
-bleach==4.1.0
-certifi==2021.10.8
-cffi==1.15.0
-charset-normalizer==2.0.8
-circus==0.17.1
-click==8.0.3
-click-config-file==0.6.0
-click-spinner==0.1.10
-configobj==5.0.6
-coverage==4.5.4
-cryptography==36.0.0
-cycler==0.11.0
-debugpy==1.5.1
-decorator==5.1.0
-defusedxml==0.7.1
-deprecation==2.1.0
-disk-objectstore==0.6.0
-Django==2.2.26
-docutils==0.15.2
-entrypoints==0.3
-Flask==1.1.2
-Flask-Cors==3.0.10
-Flask-RESTful==0.3.9
-fonttools==4.28.2
-future==0.18.2
-graphviz==0.19
-greenlet==1.1.2
-idna==3.3
-imagesize==1.3.0
-importlib-metadata==4.8.2
-importlib-resources==5.4.0
-iniconfig==1.1.1
-ipykernel==6.5.1
-ipython==7.30.0
-ipython-genutils==0.2.0
-ipywidgets==7.6.5
-itsdangerous==2.0.1
-jedi==0.18.1
-Jinja2==3.0.3
-jsonschema==3.2.0
-jupyter==1.0.0
-jupyter-client==6.1.12
-jupyter-console==6.4.0
-jupyter-core==4.9.1
-jupyterlab-pygments==0.1.2
-jupyterlab-widgets==1.0.2
-kiwipy==0.7.4
-kiwisolver==1.3.2
-Mako==1.1.6
-MarkupSafe==2.0.1
-matplotlib==3.5.0
-matplotlib-inline==0.1.3
-mistune==0.8.4
-monty==2021.8.17
-mpmath==1.2.1
-multidict==5.2.0
-nbclient==0.5.9
-nbconvert==6.3.0
-nbformat==5.1.3
-nest-asyncio==1.4.3
-networkx==2.6.3
-notebook==6.4.5
-numpy==1.21.4
-packaging==21.3
-palettable==3.3.0
-pamqp==2.3.0
-pandas==1.3.4
-pandocfilters==1.5.0
-paramiko==2.8.1
-parso==0.8.3
-pexpect==4.8.0
-pg8000==1.23.0
-pgsu==0.2.1
-pgtest==1.3.2
-pickleshare==0.7.5
-Pillow==8.4.0
-plotly==5.4.0
-pluggy==1.0.0
-plumpy==0.20.0
-prometheus-client==0.12.0
-prompt-toolkit==3.0.23
-psutil==5.8.0
-psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
-ptyprocess==0.7.0
-py==1.11.0
-py-cpuinfo==8.0.0
-PyCifRW==4.4.3
-pycparser==2.21
-pydata-sphinx-theme==0.6.3
-Pygments==2.10.0
-pymatgen==2022.0.16
-Pympler==0.9
-PyMySQL==0.9.3
-PyNaCl==1.4.0
-pyparsing==2.4.7
-pyrsistent==0.18.0
-pytest==6.2.5
-pytest-asyncio==0.16.0
-pytest-benchmark==3.4.1
-pytest-cov==2.10.1
-pytest-datadir==1.3.1
-pytest-regressions==2.2.0
-pytest-rerunfailures==9.1.1
-pytest-timeout==1.4.2
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
-python-memcached==1.59
-pytray==0.3.2
-pytz==2021.3
-PyYAML==5.4.1
-pyzmq==22.3.0
-qtconsole==5.2.1
-QtPy==1.11.2
-requests==2.26.0
-ruamel.yaml==0.17.17
-ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.6
-scipy==1.7.3
-scramp==1.4.1
-seekpath==1.9.7
-Send2Trash==1.8.0
-setuptools-scm==6.3.2
-shortuuid==1.0.8
-simplejson==3.17.6
-six==1.16.0
-snowballstemmer==2.2.0
-soupsieve==2.3.1
-spglib==1.16.1
-Sphinx==3.2.1
-sphinx-copybutton==0.3.3
-sphinx-notfound-page==0.8
-sphinx-panels==0.5.2
-sphinx-sqlalchemy==0.1.1
-sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
-sphinxcontrib-details-directive==0.1.0
-sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
-sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
-sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
-sphinxext-rediraffe==0.2.7
-SQLAlchemy==1.4.27
-sqlalchemy-diff==0.1.5
-SQLAlchemy-Utils==0.37.9
-sqlparse==0.4.2
-sympy==1.9
-tabulate==0.8.9
-tenacity==8.0.1
-terminado==0.12.1
-testpath==0.5.0
-toml==0.10.2
-tomli==1.2.2
-tornado==6.1
-tqdm==4.62.3
-traitlets==5.1.1
-typing_extensions==4.0.1
-tzlocal==2.1
-uncertainties==3.1.6
-upf-to-json==0.9.3
-urllib3==1.26.7
-wcwidth==0.2.5
-webencodings==0.5.1
-Werkzeug==2.0.2
-widgetsnbextension==3.5.2
-wrapt==1.11.2
-yarl==1.7.2
-zipp==3.6.0
diff --git a/setup.json b/setup.json
index baa8c5baef..8d2d65e2f6 100644
--- a/setup.json
+++ b/setup.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "author_email": "developers@aiida.net",
     "description": "AiiDA is a workflow manager for computational science with a strong focus on provenance, performance and extensibility.",
     "include_package_data": true,
-    "python_requires": ">=3.7",
+    "python_requires": ">=3.8",
     "classifiers": [
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Framework :: AiiDA",
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
         "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
diff --git a/utils/dependency_management.py b/utils/dependency_management.py
index e0ca84ede1..b1760633c4 100755
--- a/utils/dependency_management.py
+++ b/utils/dependency_management.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def generate_environment_yml():
     # python version cannot be overriden from outside environment.yml
     # (even if it is not specified at all in environment.yml)
     # https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/9506
-    conda_requires = ['python~=3.7']
+    conda_requires = ['python~=3.8']
     for req in install_requirements:
         if req.name == 'python' or any(re.match(ignore, str(req)) for ignore in CONDA_IGNORE):
             continue