diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e17ddb2113..ed1e3a2f27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -233,11 +233,12 @@ jobs:
           - os: macos-latest
             python: pypy3.9
 
-          # Minimum Supported Python Version = 3.7
-          # This is the minimum version for which manylinux Python wheels are
-          # built. Test it with minimum supported Rust version.
+          # Minimum Supported Python Version = 3.8
+          #
+          # Python 3.7 has at least one known bug related to starting subprocesses
+          # in asyncio programs: <https://bugs.python.org/issue35621>
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python: 3.7
+            python: 3.8
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps: