diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-style.yml b/.github/workflows/code-style.yml
index 8627c0ece64..fe826456c79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-style.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - run: |
           bash ./tests/run_code_style.sh install
           bash ./tests/run_code_style.sh fmt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hvd-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/hvd-tests.yml
index 35e107f888b..c0196d1affb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hvd-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hvd-tests.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8]
+        python-version: [3.11]
         pytorch-channel: [pytorch]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mps-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/mps-tests.yml
index 4cdd01f5a21..ac63aa725e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mps-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mps-tests.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
   mps-tests:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8]
+        python-version: [3.11]
         pytorch-channel: ["pytorch"]
         skip-distrib-tests: [1]
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytorch-version-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pytorch-version-tests.yml
index f268669158e..0c5a0ae1c48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytorch-version-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytorch-version-tests.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 5
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
+        # Here we keep python 3.8 tests until the end of the 2024 and 
+        # will drop python version and related pytorch versions
         python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
         pytorch-version:
           [2.3.1, 2.2.2, 2.1.2, 2.0.1, 1.13.1, 1.12.1, 1.10.0, 1.8.1, 1.5.1]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 0b94e0d0e9e..e88b1003131 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         pytorch-channel: [pytorch, pytorch-nightly]
         include:
           # includes a single build on windows
           - os: windows-latest
             pytorch-channel: pytorch
-            python-version: 3.9
+            python-version: 3.11
             skip-distrib-tests: 1
           # includes a single build on macosx
           - os: macos-latest
             pytorch-channel: pytorch
-            python-version: 3.9
+            python-version: 3.11
             skip-distrib-tests: 1
 
     steps:
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index fd41e6abf86..eabbef21151 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ into the following categories:
 - Create an isolated conda environment for pytorch-ignite:
 
 ```bash
-conda create -n pytorch-ignite-dev python=3.8
+conda create -n pytorch-ignite-dev python=3.11
 ```
 
 - Activate the newly created environment: