diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ First **create the fork repository and clone** to your local machine.
 
 2. Virtual python workspace: `conda`, `pyenv`, or `venv`.
 
-We recommend using python version above 3.8.0.
+We recommend using python version above 3.10.
 
 ```bash
 conda create --name pyelastica-dev
 conda activate pyelastica-dev
-conda install python==3.8
+conda install python==3.10
 ```
 
 3. Setup [`poetry`](https://python-poetry.org) and `dependencies`!