diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/check_documentation.yml
index ab3ba6a..5c0afce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_documentation.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.11
     - uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@master
       with:
         docs-folder: "docs/"
-        build-command: "sphinx-build -b html docs/source/ docs/build/html"
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 19c6db0..001cee9 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 sphinx>=7.4
 Pygments>=2.7.4
 sphinx-mdinclude>=0.6
-sphinxcontrib-email==0.3.5
+sphinxcontrib-email==0.3.6
 furo
 pennylane==0.37
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8357710..8578941 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers =
 package_dir =
     = src
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.9
+python_requires = >=3.8
 install_requires =
     pennylane==0.37