diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 33816f0d0..d85abe263 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 1.14.0
     hooks:
     -   id: blacken-docs
-        additional_dependencies: [black==23.1.0]
+        additional_dependencies: [black==23.3.0]
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.4.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/doc/en/index.rst b/doc/en/index.rst
index a2745e98d..e64b5b311 100644
--- a/doc/en/index.rst
+++ b/doc/en/index.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The ``pytest`` framework makes it easy to write small, readable tests, and can
 scale to support complex functional testing for applications and libraries.
 
 
-``pytest`` requires: Python 3.7+ or PyPy3.
+``pytest`` requires: Python 3.8+ or PyPy3.
 
 **PyPI package name**: :pypi:`pytest`
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a4139a5c0..d540773c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ template = "changelog/_template.rst"
   showcontent = true
 
 [tool.black]
-target-version = ['py37']
+target-version = ['py38']
 
 # check-wheel-contents is executed by the build-and-inspect-python-package action.
 [tool.check-wheel-contents]
diff --git a/testing/_py/test_local.py b/testing/_py/test_local.py
index 348682b53..895066a9f 100644
--- a/testing/_py/test_local.py
+++ b/testing/_py/test_local.py
@@ -1519,9 +1519,9 @@ class TestPOSIXLocalPath:
         path1.chown(owner, group)
 
 
-class TestUnicodePy2Py3:
+class TestUnicode:
     def test_join_ensure(self, tmpdir, monkeypatch):
-        if sys.version_info >= (3, 0) and "LANG" not in os.environ:
+        if "LANG" not in os.environ:
             pytest.skip("cannot run test without locale")
         x = local(tmpdir.strpath)
         part = "hällo"
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ class TestUnicodePy2Py3:
         assert x.join(part) == y
 
     def test_listdir(self, tmpdir):
-        if sys.version_info >= (3, 0) and "LANG" not in os.environ:
+        if "LANG" not in os.environ:
             pytest.skip("cannot run test without locale")
         x = local(tmpdir.strpath)
         part = "hällo"