diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 0320d982..7f74b6d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         perl-version:
-          - '5.8'
-          - '5.10'
           - '5.12'
           - '5.14'
           - '5.16'
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index b5a1da66..98cd6cae 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-requires 'perl', '5.008001';
+requires 'perl', '5.012000';
 
 requires 'Cookie::Baker', '0.07';
 requires 'Devel::StackTrace', '1.23';