diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3487c22c5..2451aa654 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:fmt::fmt-header-only>)
 if(MLX_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS)
   message(STATUS "Building Python bindings.")
   find_package(
-    Python 3.8
+    Python 3.10
     COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module
     REQUIRED)
   execute_process(