diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 31ffec6cc..f23bce665 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   tox:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: install-reqs
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade tox virtualenv setuptools pip -r requirements-dev.txt
       - name: Run pytest
-        run: pytest tests --cov=narwhals --cov=tests
+        run: pytest tests --cov=narwhals --cov=tests --cov-fail-under=50