diff --git a/openlch/__init__.py b/openlch/__init__.py
index edbaff7..c48c315 100644
--- a/openlch/__init__.py
+++ b/openlch/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "0.5.3"
+__version__ = "0.5.4"
 
-from .hal import HAL
\ No newline at end of file
+from .hal import HAL
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bf2c7e8..bb25f0c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool.black]
 
 line-length = 120
-target-version = ["py311"]
+target-version = ["py38"]
 include = '\.pyi?$'
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1c9f872..23fe40c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/Zeroth-Robotics/openlch-client-py",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    python_requires=">=3.11",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=requirements,
     tests_require=requirements_dev,
     extras_require={"dev": requirements_dev},