diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
index c6fd5bf3e9a4..343d1b5b0185 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "2023.2.3";
   format = "setuptools";
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;