From 33df9e8c106e16d9e76842529edc79d80937969e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Grigorian <nikita.grigorian@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:06:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Drop Python 3.9 support

---
 .github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/conda-package.yml    | 8 ++++----
 pyproject.toml                         | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml b/.github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml
index d2cd41b..8dc60e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-with-clang.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]  # 3.9 fails - gh-issue#56
+        python: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     env:
       ONEAPI_ROOT: /opt/intel/oneapi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index 63cb81b..ad0eecc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
 
     steps:
       - name: Cancel Previous Runs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
 
     steps:
       - name: Cancel Previous Runs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
         experimental: [false]
         runner: [ubuntu-latest]
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
         experimental: [false]
         runner: [windows-latest]
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 38ffe9e..973ea8a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: C",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ keywords = ["MKL"]
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 name = "mkl-service"
 readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
-requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.15"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.15"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = ["pytest"]

From eddc97e4fe7413afc1e141d4268538fdfd0d1904 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Grigorian <nikita.grigorian@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:17:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 155c6c1..1ecfc43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [dev] (MM/DD/YYYY)
+
+### Removed
+* Dropped support for Python 3.9 [gh-118](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/118)
+
 ## [2.6.0] (10/06/2025)
 
 ### Added