diff --git a/changelog/7357.trivial.rst b/changelog/7357.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0f9d035d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/7357.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+py>=1.8.2 is now required.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8749334f8..3e5cfa1f8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ install_requires =
     more-itertools>=4.0.0
     packaging
     pluggy>=0.12,<1.0
-    py>=1.5.0
+    py>=1.8.2
     toml
     atomicwrites>=1.0;sys_platform=="win32"
     colorama;sys_platform=="win32"