diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index 3309866..5ba1f3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [ "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
-        click-version: [ "click~=7.0", "click~=8.0" ]
+        click-version: [ "click~=8.0" ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da2e2f7..9b87a6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 
 - added a `--version` option to `yaclog show` that prints just the version number
 
+### Changed
+
+- removed support for Click 7 as a dependency
+
 
 ## Version 1.2.0 - 2024-04-16
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d63fc11..836773d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 dependencies = [
-    "Click >= 7.0",
+    "Click >= 8.0",
     "GitPython >= 3",
     "packaging >= 20",
     "tomlkit >= 0.11"