diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index 86036989c0..b888661bd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -36,18 +36,20 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        # CPython 3.9 is in quick-test
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.11]
+        # TODO: actually do this: CPython 3.10 is in quick-test
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14-dev' pypy-3.11]
         include:
         # atleast one of each CPython/PyPy tests must be in windows
-        - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: '3.9'
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.10'
+        - os: windows-latest
+          python-version: '3.11'
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.12'
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.13'
+        - os: windows-latest
+          python-version: '3.14-dev'
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: pypy-3.11
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download.yml b/.github/workflows/download.yml
index 594a664c9c..e3b2a4f4cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.9
+        python-version: '3.10'
     - name: Install test requirements
       run: python3 ./devscripts/install_deps.py --include dev
     - name: Run tests
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.11]
+        python-version: ['3.11', '3.12', '3.13', pypy-3.11]
         include:
         # atleast one of each CPython/PyPy tests must be in windows
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.10'
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: pypy-3.11
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
index 8a7b24033f..46158490e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quick-test.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+    - name: Set up Python 3.14-dev
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.9'
+        python-version: '3.14-dev'
     - name: Install test requirements
       run: python3 ./devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include test
     - name: Run tests
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.9'
+        python-version: '3.14-dev'
     - name: Install dev dependencies
       run: python3 ./devscripts/install_deps.py -o --include static-analysis
     - name: Make lazy extractors