diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16d3faebebe..7a2a61f6ff1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ For more information about communication, see the [Ansible communication guide](
 
 ## Ansible version compatibility
 
-Tested with the Ansible Core >= 2.15.0 versions, and the current development version of Ansible. Ansible Core versions before 2.15.0 are not supported.
+Tested with the Ansible Core >= 2.17.0 versions, and the current development version of Ansible. Ansible Core versions before 2.17.0 are not supported.
 
 Use community.aws 4.x.y if you are using Ansible 2.9 or Ansible Core 2.10.
 
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ Use community.aws 4.x.y if you are using Ansible 2.9 or Ansible Core 2.10.
 
 This collection depends on the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3 and Botocore).  Due to the
 [AWS SDK Python Support Policy](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/)
-this collection requires Python 3.7 or greater.
+this collection requires Python 3.8 or greater.
 
-Amazon have also announced the planned end of support for
-[Python less than 3.8](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/).
-As such support for Python less than 3.8 will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.
+Amazon has also announced the planned end of support for
+[Python less than 3.9](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/).
+As such, support for Python less than 3.9 will be removed in a release after 2026-05-01.
 
 <!---
 ### End of Support by Python Versions:
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20250513-python_support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/20250513-python_support.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba84ac71e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20250513-python_support.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+breaking_changes:
+- community.aws collection - Due to the AWS SDKs announcing the end of support
+  for Python less than 3.8 (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/),
+  support for Python less than 3.8 by this collection has been deprecated and will be removed in release 10.0.0.
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/2304).
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diff --git a/tests/config.yml b/tests/config.yml
index 8d053169d67..5e76f5dfae0 100644
--- a/tests/config.yml
+++ b/tests/config.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 modules:
-    python_requires: '>=3.7'
+    python_requires: '>=3.8'