diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 7a574c9e0..14473867a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   python-check:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         platform: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
diff --git a/commitizen/changelog_formats/__init__.py b/commitizen/changelog_formats/__init__.py
index 9a5eea7ab..bb09f6fda 100644
--- a/commitizen/changelog_formats/__init__.py
+++ b/commitizen/changelog_formats/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
-from typing import Callable, ClassVar, Protocol
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-    from importlib import metadata
-else:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from importlib import metadata
+from typing import ClassVar, Protocol
 
 from commitizen.changelog import Metadata
 from commitizen.config.base_config import BaseConfig
diff --git a/commitizen/cz/__init__.py b/commitizen/cz/__init__.py
index cb17fe32c..5f2c8c0f2 100644
--- a/commitizen/cz/__init__.py
+++ b/commitizen/cz/__init__.py
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@
 
 import importlib
 import pkgutil
-import sys
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-    from importlib import metadata
-else:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata
+from importlib import metadata
 
 from commitizen.cz.base import BaseCommitizen
 
diff --git a/commitizen/cz/base.py b/commitizen/cz/base.py
index 8466b58bb..f0e271397 100644
--- a/commitizen/cz/base.py
+++ b/commitizen/cz/base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
-from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
-from typing import Any, Callable, Protocol
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Mapping
+from typing import Any, Protocol
 
 from jinja2 import BaseLoader, PackageLoader
 from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
diff --git a/commitizen/providers/__init__.py b/commitizen/providers/__init__.py
index 3e01fe22f..d8aba667f 100644
--- a/commitizen/providers/__init__.py
+++ b/commitizen/providers/__init__.py
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
+from importlib import metadata
 from typing import cast
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-    from importlib import metadata
-else:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata
-
 from commitizen.config.base_config import BaseConfig
 from commitizen.exceptions import VersionProviderUnknown
 from commitizen.providers.base_provider import VersionProvider
diff --git a/commitizen/question.py b/commitizen/question.py
index 393e38609..043b8f3ba 100644
--- a/commitizen/question.py
+++ b/commitizen/question.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Callable, Literal, TypedDict, Union
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import Literal, TypedDict
 
 
 class Choice(TypedDict, total=False):
@@ -29,4 +30,4 @@ class ConfirmQuestion(TypedDict):
     default: bool
 
 
-CzQuestion = Union[ListQuestion, InputQuestion, ConfirmQuestion]
+CzQuestion = ListQuestion | InputQuestion | ConfirmQuestion
diff --git a/commitizen/version_schemes.py b/commitizen/version_schemes.py
index 0696d85aa..0315096a1 100644
--- a/commitizen/version_schemes.py
+++ b/commitizen/version_schemes.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import warnings
+from importlib import metadata
 from itertools import zip_longest
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -14,11 +15,6 @@
     runtime_checkable,
 )
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-    from importlib import metadata
-else:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata
-
 from packaging.version import InvalidVersion  # noqa: F401 (expose the common exception)
 from packaging.version import Version as _BaseVersion
 
@@ -26,11 +22,7 @@
 from commitizen.exceptions import VersionSchemeUnknown
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    # TypeAlias is Python 3.10+ but backported in typing-extensions
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-        from typing import TypeAlias
-    else:
-        from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+    from typing import TypeAlias
 
     # Self is Python 3.11+ but backported in typing-extensions
     if sys.version_info < (3, 11):
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index fa3fab223..051962d4f 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ This standardization makes your commit history more readable and meaningful, whi
 
 Before installing Commitizen, ensure you have:
 
-- [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) `3.9+`
+- [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) `3.10+`
 - [Git][gitscm] `1.8.5.2+`
 
 ### Installation
diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
index 16db93062..0d5a7368e 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ If you're a first-time contributor, please check out issues labeled [good first
 ### Required Tools
 
 1. **Python Environment**
-    - Python `>=3.9`
+    - Python `>=3.10`
     - [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installing-with-the-official-installer) `>=2.0.0`
 2. **Version Control & Security**
     - Git
diff --git a/docs/contributing_tldr.md b/docs/contributing_tldr.md
index 9eecc3efa..0ab03ce90 100644
--- a/docs/contributing_tldr.md
+++ b/docs/contributing_tldr.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Feel free to send a PR to update this file if you find anything useful. 🙇
 
 ## Environment
 
-- Python `>=3.9`
+- Python `>=3.10`
 - [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installing-with-the-official-installer) `>=2.0.0`
 
 ## Useful commands
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ poetry format
 # Check if ruff and mypy are happy
 poetry lint
 
-# Check if mypy is happy in python 3.9
-mypy --python-version 3.9
+# Check if mypy is happy in python 3.10
+mypy --python-version 3.10
 
 # Run tests in parallel.
 pytest -n auto # This may take a while.
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/gitlab_ci.md b/docs/tutorials/gitlab_ci.md
index 6f6d53a57..0af05c4e7 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/gitlab_ci.md
+++ b/docs/tutorials/gitlab_ci.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ test:
 
 auto-bump:
   stage: auto-bump
-  image: python:3.9
+  image: python:3.10
   before_script:
     - "which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -qy && apt-get install openssh-client -qqy )"
     - eval `ssh-agent -s`
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 49df9dcd5..24189bb87 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ description = "Backport of PEP 654 (exception groups)"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 groups = ["dev", "test"]
-markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""
+markers = "python_version == \"3.10\""
 files = [
     {file = "exceptiongroup-1.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4d111e6e0c13d0644cad6ddaa7ed0261a0b36971f6d23e7ec9b4b9097da78a10"},
     {file = "exceptiongroup-1.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b241f5885f560bc56a59ee63ca4c6a8bfa46ae4ad651af316d4e81817bb9fd88"},
@@ -512,31 +512,6 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 all = ["flake8 (>=7.1.1)", "mypy (>=1.11.2)", "pytest (>=8.3.2)", "ruff (>=0.6.2)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "importlib-metadata"
-version = "8.6.1"
-description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["main", "documentation"]
-markers = "python_version == \"3.9\""
-files = [
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-8.6.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:02a89390c1e15fdfdc0d7c6b25cb3e62650d0494005c97d6f148bf5b9787525e"},
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-8.6.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:310b41d755445d74569f993ccfc22838295d9fe005425094fad953d7f15c8580"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-zipp = ">=3.20"
-
-[package.extras]
-check = ["pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-ruff (>=0.2.1) ; sys_platform != \"cygwin\""]
-cover = ["pytest-cov"]
-doc = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
-enabler = ["pytest-enabler (>=2.2)"]
-perf = ["ipython"]
-test = ["flufl.flake8", "importlib_resources (>=1.3) ; python_version < \"3.9\"", "jaraco.test (>=5.4)", "packaging", "pyfakefs", "pytest (>=6,!=8.1.*)", "pytest-perf (>=0.9.2)"]
-type = ["pytest-mypy"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "iniconfig"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -572,7 +547,6 @@ prompt-toolkit = ">=3.0.41,<3.1.0"
 pygments = ">=2.4.0"
 stack-data = "*"
 traitlets = ">=5"
-typing-extensions = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 all = ["black", "curio", "docrepr", "exceptiongroup", "ipykernel", "ipyparallel", "ipywidgets", "matplotlib", "matplotlib (!=3.2.0)", "nbconvert", "nbformat", "notebook", "numpy (>=1.22)", "pandas", "pickleshare", "pytest (<7)", "pytest (<7.1)", "pytest-asyncio (<0.22)", "qtconsole", "setuptools (>=18.5)", "sphinx (>=1.3)", "sphinx-rtd-theme", "stack-data", "testpath", "trio", "typing-extensions"]
@@ -637,9 +611,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "markdown-3.8.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:247b9a70dd12e27f67431ce62523e675b866d254f900c4fe75ce3dda62237c45"},
 ]
 
-[package.dependencies]
-importlib-metadata = {version = ">=4.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
-
 [package.extras]
 docs = ["mdx_gh_links (>=0.2)", "mkdocs (>=1.6)", "mkdocs-gen-files", "mkdocs-literate-nav", "mkdocs-nature (>=0.6)", "mkdocs-section-index", "mkdocstrings[python]"]
 testing = ["coverage", "pyyaml"]
@@ -795,7 +766,6 @@ files = [
 click = ">=7.0"
 colorama = {version = ">=0.4", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
 ghp-import = ">=1.0"
-importlib-metadata = {version = ">=4.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 jinja2 = ">=2.11.1"
 markdown = ">=3.3.6"
 markupsafe = ">=2.0.1"
@@ -824,7 +794,6 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-importlib-metadata = {version = ">=4.3", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 mergedeep = ">=1.3.4"
 platformdirs = ">=2.2.0"
 pyyaml = ">=5.1"
@@ -1617,7 +1586,7 @@ files = [
     {file = "tomli-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cb55c73c5f4408779d0cf3eef9f762b9c9f147a77de7b258bef0a5628adc85cc"},
     {file = "tomli-2.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cd45e1dc79c835ce60f7404ec8119f2eb06d38b1deba146f07ced3bbc44505ff"},
 ]
-markers = {dev = "python_version < \"3.11\"", linters = "python_version < \"3.11\"", test = "python_full_version <= \"3.11.0a6\""}
+markers = {dev = "python_version == \"3.10\"", linters = "python_version == \"3.10\"", test = "python_full_version <= \"3.11.0a6\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tomlkit"
@@ -1743,7 +1712,7 @@ files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.15.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f0fa19c6845758ab08074a0cfa8b7aecb71c999ca73d62883bc25cc018c4e548"},
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.15.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0cea48d173cc12fa28ecabc3b837ea3cf6f38c6d1136f85cbaaf598984861466"},
 ]
-markers = {main = "python_version < \"3.11\"", dev = "python_version < \"3.11\"", script = "python_version < \"3.11\"", test = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+markers = {main = "python_version == \"3.10\"", dev = "python_version == \"3.10\"", script = "python_version == \"3.10\"", test = "python_version == \"3.10\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "urllib3"
@@ -1931,28 +1900,7 @@ files = [
     {file = "wrapt-1.17.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f66eb08feaa410fe4eebd17f2a2c8e2e46d3476e9f8c783daa8e09e0faa666d0"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "zipp"
-version = "3.23.0"
-description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.9"
-groups = ["main", "documentation"]
-markers = "python_version == \"3.9\""
-files = [
-    {file = "zipp-3.23.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:071652d6115ed432f5ce1d34c336c0adfd6a884660d1e9712a256d3d3bd4b14e"},
-    {file = "zipp-3.23.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a07157588a12518c9d4034df3fbbee09c814741a33ff63c05fa29d26a2404166"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-check = ["pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-ruff (>=0.2.1) ; sys_platform != \"cygwin\""]
-cover = ["pytest-cov"]
-doc = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
-enabler = ["pytest-enabler (>=2.2)"]
-test = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "jaraco.test", "more_itertools", "pytest (>=6,!=8.1.*)", "pytest-ignore-flaky"]
-type = ["pytest-mypy"]
-
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
-python-versions = ">=3.9,<4.0"
-content-hash = "cd5648d8aad7b58913b1c0e4cd4f04c98d5bcfa7e4ef8e7bb994a59492d7d4a2"
+python-versions = ">=3.10,<4.0"
+content-hash = "ec334c173a75c11d46c123e7722c932b70df15a5b3e3a2210fa04b15a1b62857"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8211b969d..dff1d2b8f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 readme = "docs/README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.10,<4.0"
 dependencies = [
     "questionary (>=2.0,<3.0)",
     # Exclude transitive dependency due to known issue in questionary: https://github.com/tmbo/questionary/issues/454
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
 ]
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ testpaths = ["tests/"]
 
 [tool.tox]
 requires = ["tox>=4.22"]
-env_list = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+env_list = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
 
 [tool.tox.env_run_base]
 description = "Run tests suite against Python {base_python}"
diff --git a/tests/test_factory.py b/tests/test_factory.py
index d81a84b3d..20ce49d78 100644
--- a/tests/test_factory.py
+++ b/tests/test_factory.py
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 import sys
+from importlib import metadata
 from textwrap import dedent
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-    from importlib import metadata
-else:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata
-
 import pytest
 
 from commitizen import BaseCommitizen, defaults, factory
diff --git a/tests/test_version_schemes.py b/tests/test_version_schemes.py
index 8e2dae902..0591c3e1b 100644
--- a/tests/test_version_schemes.py
+++ b/tests/test_version_schemes.py
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-    from importlib import metadata
-else:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata
+from importlib import metadata
 
 import pytest
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture