diff --git a/.github/actions/people/Dockerfile b/.github/actions/people/Dockerfile
index 1455106bde3..f0f389c644c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/people/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/actions/people/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9
+FROM python:3.11
 
 RUN pip install httpx PyGithub "pydantic==2.0.2" pydantic-settings "pyyaml>=5.3.1,<6.0.0"
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_diff.py b/.github/scripts/check_diff.py
index 8ce0b9b2288..74e20e02f6e 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/check_diff.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_diff.py
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ def _get_configs_for_single_dir(job: str, dir_: str) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
     if job == "codspeed":
         py_versions = ["3.12"]  # 3.13 is not yet supported
     elif dir_ == "libs/core":
-        py_versions = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        py_versions = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     # custom logic for specific directories
 
     elif dir_ in PY_312_MAX_PACKAGES:
-        py_versions = ["3.9", "3.12"]
+        py_versions = ["3.10", "3.12"]
 
     elif dir_ == "libs/langchain" and job == "extended-tests":
-        py_versions = ["3.9", "3.13"]
+        py_versions = ["3.10", "3.13"]
     elif dir_ == "libs/langchain_v1":
         py_versions = ["3.10", "3.13"]
     elif dir_ in {"libs/cli"}:
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ def _get_configs_for_single_dir(job: str, dir_: str) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
 
     elif dir_ == ".":
         # unable to install with 3.13 because tokenizers doesn't support 3.13 yet
-        py_versions = ["3.9", "3.12"]
+        py_versions = ["3.10", "3.12"]
     else:
-        py_versions = ["3.9", "3.13"]
+        py_versions = ["3.10", "3.13"]
 
     return [{"working-directory": dir_, "python-version": py_v} for py_v in py_versions]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled_test.yml b/.github/workflows/scheduled_test.yml
index 63f8471ed1a..81a338604f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled_test.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Runs daily. Can also be triggered manually for immediate updates.
 
 name: '⏰ Scheduled Integration Tests'
-run-name: "Run Integration Tests - ${{ inputs.working-directory-force || 'all libs' }} (Python ${{ inputs.python-version-force || '3.9, 3.11' }})"
+run-name: "Run Integration Tests - ${{ inputs.working-directory-force || 'all libs' }} (Python ${{ inputs.python-version-force || '3.10, 3.11' }})"
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
         description: "From which folder this pipeline executes - defaults to all in matrix - example value: libs/partners/anthropic"
       python-version-force:
         type: string
-        description: "Python version to use - defaults to 3.9 and 3.11 in matrix - example value: 3.9"
+        description: "Python version to use - defaults to 3.10 and 3.11 in matrix - example value: 3.10"
   schedule:
     - cron:  '0 13 * * *'  # Runs daily at 1PM UTC (9AM EDT/6AM PDT)
 
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ jobs:
           PYTHON_VERSION_FORCE: ${{ github.event.inputs.python-version-force || '' }}
         run: |
           # echo "matrix=..." where matrix is a json formatted str with keys python-version and working-directory
-          # python-version should default to 3.9 and 3.11, but is overridden to [PYTHON_VERSION_FORCE] if set
+          # python-version should default to 3.10 and 3.11, but is overridden to [PYTHON_VERSION_FORCE] if set
           # working-directory should default to DEFAULT_LIBS, but is overridden to [WORKING_DIRECTORY_FORCE] if set
-          python_version='["3.9", "3.11"]'
+          python_version='["3.10", "3.11"]'
           working_directory="$DEFAULT_LIBS"
           if [ -n "$PYTHON_VERSION_FORCE" ]; then
             python_version="[\"$PYTHON_VERSION_FORCE\"]"