diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tika-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tika-client/default.nix
index 56f98fcf93fc..4b01da1d5551 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tika-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tika-client/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.8.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stumpylog";