diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 757a5898ff..b8ca616844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
        - uses: actions/checkout@v5
        - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
          with:
-           python-version: 3.9
+           python-version: "3.10"
            cache: 'pip'
        - name: install deps
          run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hiredis-py-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/hiredis-py-integration.yaml
index 9b5220ab12..a780c4d32c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hiredis-py-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hiredis-py-integration.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: [ '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.14']
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.14']
         parser-backend: [ 'hiredis' ]
         hiredis-version: [ 'unstable' ]
         event-loop: [ 'asyncio' ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index 5adf7f41ac..e0ae2dd3a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
           cache: 'pip'
       - name: run code linters
         run: |
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: ['8.4-M01-pre', '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}', '8.0.2' ,'7.4.4', '7.2.9']
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.14']
         parser-backend: ['plain']
         event-loop: ['asyncio']
     env:
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: [ '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}' ]
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', 'pypy-3.9', 'pypy-3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.11', '3.12', '3.13', 'pypy-3.10', 'pypy-3.11']
         parser-backend: [ 'plain' ]
         event-loop: [ 'asyncio' ]
     env:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: [ '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.13']
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.14']
         parser-backend: [ 'hiredis' ]
         hiredis-version: [ '>=3.2.0', '<3.0.0' ]
         event-loop: [ 'asyncio' ]
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: [ '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.13' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.14' ]
         parser-backend: [ 'plain' ]
         event-loop: [ 'uvloop' ]
     env:
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Run installed unit tests
         env:
           CLIENT_LIBS_TEST_IMAGE_TAG: ${{ env.CURRENT_REDIS_VERSION }}
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', 'pypy-3.9', 'pypy-3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14', 'pypy-3.10', 'pypy-3.11']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yaml
index 77bbfa9962..27e07ca901 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - run: pip install build twine
 
       - name: Build package
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 17bfa9d47c..0600219e1c 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ python:
 build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.9"
+    python: "3.10"
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 7758a1839e..f201098a14 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 build
-build==1.2.2.post1 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
+build==1.2.2.post1 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 click==8.0.4
 invoke==2.2.0
 mock
-mock==5.1.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
+mock==5.1.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 packaging>=20.4
-packaging==24.2 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
+packaging==24.2 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 
 pytest
-pytest==8.3.4 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
+pytest==8.3.4 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 pytest-asyncio>=0.23.0
-pytest-asyncio==1.1.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
+pytest-asyncio==1.1.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 pytest-cov
-pytest-cov==6.0.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
-coverage==7.6.12 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
+pytest-cov==6.0.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
+coverage==7.6.12 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 pytest-profiling==1.8.1
 pytest-timeout
-pytest-timeout==2.3.1 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
+pytest-timeout==2.3.1 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 
 ruff==0.9.6
 ujson>=4.2.0
-uvloop<=0.21.0; platform_python_implementation == "CPython"
+uvloop<=0.21.0; platform_python_implementation == "CPython" and python_version < "3.14"
+uvloop>=0.22; platform_python_implementation == "CPython" and python_version >= "3.14"
 vulture>=2.3.0
 
 numpy>=1.24.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "CPython"
-numpy>=1.24.0,<2.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" or python_version < "3.10"
+numpy>=1.24.0,<2.0 ; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 
 redis-entraid==1.0.0
 pybreaker>=1.4.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7888b5f70c..f1cedefead 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Python client for Redis database and key-value store"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 authors = [{ name = "Redis Inc.", email = "oss@redis.com" }]
 keywords = ["Redis", "database", "key-value-store"]
 classifiers = [
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ log_level = "INFO"
 capture = "yes"
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py39"
+target-version = "py310"
 line-length = 88
 exclude = [
     "*.egg-info",
diff --git a/redis/__init__.py b/redis/__init__.py
index 67f165d9fe..669779c6b9 100644
--- a/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/redis/__init__.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = "6.2.0"
+__version__ = "7.0.0"
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))