From 61702678ef687f599d1d92d8333b211382bdef44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shenxianpeng <xianpeng.shen@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 00:31:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update Python version requirements and add support for
 Python 3.14

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 5 +----
 CONTRIBUTING.md          | 1 +
 pyproject.toml           | 8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 70e730b..29b8e45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         py:
-          - 3.9
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
+          - "3.14"
         platform:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - macos-latest
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ jobs:
               file_handler.write(env)
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -U hatch
-      - name: Patch virtualenv on Python3.9
-        if: matrix.py == '3.9'
-        run: pip install --force-reinstall "virtualenv<21"
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           hatch run +py=${{ steps.env.outputs.py }} tests:all
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c829a33..e9f78d7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ git push origin "v$version"
 ## Compatibility
 
 Latest version supporting Python3.7 and Mkdocs<1.4.0 is v4.0.4.
+Latest version supporting Python3.9 is v7.2.2.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 19cf415..b53a8b9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "7.2.2"
 description = "Mkdocs Markdown includer plugin."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ classifiers = [
   "Topic :: Text Processing",
   "Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup :: Markdown",
   "Environment :: Console",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
 ]
 keywords = ["markdown", "mkdocs", "includer", "plugin"]
 dependencies = [
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ matrix-name-format = "{variable}-{value}"
 dependencies = ["pytest~=7.0", "coverage~=6.4", "covdefaults"]
 
 [[tool.hatch.envs.tests.matrix]]
-python = ["py39", "py310", "py311", "py312", "py313"]
+python = ["py310", "py311", "py312", "py313", "py314"]
 mkdocs = ["1.4.0", "1.4.3", "1.5.0", "1.5.3", "1.6.0"]
 cache = ["yes", "no"]
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ fail_under = 1
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 80
-target-version = "py39"
+target-version = "py310"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = [