diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 812df445b..6541b15fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  # turns off tox's output redirection so we can debug package installation
+  TOX_OPTIONS: -vv
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -23,20 +27,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox -e mypy,package_readme
+      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e mypy,package_readme
 
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]')"
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.10"]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         exclude: # Only test on the latest supported stable Python on macOS and Windows.
           - platform: macos-latest
-            python-version: 3.7
+            python-version: 3.8
           - platform: windows-latest
-            python-version: 3.7
+            python-version: 3.8
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -46,9 +50,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox coverage
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox -e py-cov
+      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e py-cov
     - name: Run Tox without lxml
-      run: tox -e py-cov-nolxml
+      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e py-cov-nolxml
     - name: Produce coverage files
       run: |
         coverage combine
@@ -71,11 +75,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python 3.x
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "3.10"
+        python-version: "3.11"
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox -e py-cy-nolxml
+      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e py-cy-nolxml
 
   test-pypy3:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -85,8 +89,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python pypy3
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "pypy-3.7"
+        python-version: "pypy-3.8"
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox -e pypy3-nolxml
+      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e pypy3-nolxml
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d100e7181..bc0255229 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ are available at `Read the Docs <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/>`_.
 Installation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-FontTools requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.7
-or later.
+FontTools requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.8
+or later. We follow the same schedule of minimum Python version support as
+NumPy (see `NEP 29 <https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html>`__).
 
 The package is listed in the Python Package Index (PyPI), so you can
 install it with `pip <https://pip.pypa.io>`__:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c50182c0e..7c31f3570 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 brotli==1.0.9; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 brotlicffi==1.0.9.2; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 unicodedata2==15.0.0; python_version <= '3.11'
-scipy==1.7.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version <= '3.7'  # pyup: ignore
-scipy==1.9.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version > '3.7'
+scipy==1.9.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 munkres==1.1.4; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 zopfli==0.2.1
 fs==2.4.16
-skia-pathops==0.7.2; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
+skia-pathops==0.7.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 # this is only required to run Tests/cu2qu/{ufo,cli}_test.py
 ufoLib2==0.13.1
 pyobjc==8.5.1; sys_platform == "darwin"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 960a73b78..979465bbb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -153,8 +153,11 @@ classifiers = {"classifiers": [
 	"Natural Language :: English",
 	"Operating System :: OS Independent",
 	"Programming Language :: Python",
-	"Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
 	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 	"Topic :: Text Processing :: Fonts",
 	"Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
 	"Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion",
@@ -461,7 +464,7 @@ setup_params = dict(
 	url="http://github.com/fonttools/fonttools",
 	license="MIT",
 	platforms=["Any"],
-	python_requires=">=3.7",
+	python_requires=">=3.8",
 	long_description=long_description,
 	package_dir={'': 'Lib'},
 	packages=find_packages("Lib"),
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 22b1de742..764dbbede 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 3.0
-envlist = mypy, py3{7,8,9}-cov, htmlcov
+envlist = mypy, py3{8,9,10,11}-cov, htmlcov
 skip_missing_interpreters=true
 
 [testenv]
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ setenv =
 # relatively recent 'manylinux2014' platform tag.
 # https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/791#issuecomment-518713438
 download = true
+# building lxml from source takes too long on CI, force it to download pre-compiled
+# wheel or fail if none is found with --only-binary=lxml
+install_command = python -m pip install --only-binary=lxml {opts} {packages}
 deps =
     cov: coverage>=4.3
     pytest
     pytest-randomly
     -rrequirements.txt
-    !nolxml: lxml==4.6.4
+    !nolxml: lxml==4.9.0
 extras =
     ufo
     woff