diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5fcb1b7f5..8948bc4c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ "ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "macos-14", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", ]
     steps:
       - name: Cancel previous runs
         uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.12.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yml
index 4b2ee7684..e17b5df01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.11" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.12" ]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7e6f27bc..169689fcd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,25 +2,21 @@
 classifiers=[
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+  "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-  'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
-  'Operating System :: Unix',
-  'Operating System :: MacOS',
-  "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
 ]
 
 dynamic = ["version"]
-keywords = ["unstructured grids", "xarray", "ugrid", "mpas", "exodus", "scrip", ]
-description = "Xarray-styled package for reading and directly operating on unstructured grid datasets following UGRID conventions"
+keywords = ["unstructured grids", "xarray", "ugrid", "mpas", "exodus", "scrip", "fesom", "icon"]
+description = "Xarray extension for unstructured climate and global weather data analysis and visualization."
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 name = "uxarray"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 # minimal dependencies start
 dependencies = [
@@ -50,7 +46,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 complete = ["uxarray[math, dev]"]
-math = ['gmpy2', 'pyfma']
+math = ['gmpy2']
 dev = ['pathlib', 'pre_commit', 'pytest', 'pytest-cov', 'ruff', 'asv']
 
 [project.urls]