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@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Consult previous versions of this document for older versions of Node.js:
 
 ### Note about Python
 
-The Node.js project supports Python >= 3 for building and testing.
+The Node.js project supports Python >= 3.8 for building and testing.
 
 ### Unix and macOS