diff --git a/editors/retext/Makefile b/editors/retext/Makefile
index 86c4cdc35ca4..e5cf88241396 100644
--- a/editors/retext/Makefile
+++ b/editors/retext/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	retext
 DISTVERSION=	8.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	editors
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Markdown editor
 WWW=		https://github.com/retext-project/retext
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE_GPL
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docutils>=0:textproc/py-docutils@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}enchant>=0:textproc/py-enchant@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markdown>=3.0:textproc/py-markdown@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markups>=3.0.0:textproc/py-markups@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pygments>=0:textproc/py-pygments@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-markdown-math>=0.6:textproc/py-python-markdown-math@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		desktop-file-utils pyqt:6 python:3.6+
+USES=		desktop-file-utils pyqt:6 python:3.9+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	retext-project
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils noflavors
 USE_PYQT=	pyqt6:run sip:run
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>