diff --git a/docs/building.md b/docs/building.md
index 4dfc896fa..c2e605a96 100644
--- a/docs/building.md
+++ b/docs/building.md
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ drivers.
 
 ### Windows
 
-* Windows 7 or later
+* Windows 10 or later
 * [Visual Studio 2022, Visual Studio 2019, or Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/)
-  * For Visual Studio 2022, MSBuild `v142` must be used due to a compiler bug; See [#2003](https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/issues/2003).
-* [Python 3.6+](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+* [Python 3.8+](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
   * Ensure Python is in PATH.
 * Windows 11 SDK version 10.0.22000.0 (for Visual Studio 2019, this or any newer version)
 
diff --git a/xb.bat b/xb.bat
index 458d516d8..7f37d9a40 100644
--- a/xb.bat
+++ b/xb.bat
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ REM Environment Validation
 REM ============================================================================
 
 SET "PYTHON_MINIMUM_VERSION[0]=3"
-SET "PYTHON_MINIMUM_VERSION[1]=6"
+SET "PYTHON_MINIMUM_VERSION[1]=8"
 CALL :check_python
 IF %_RESULT% NEQ 0 (
   ECHO.
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 SET FOUND_PATH=""
 
-SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[0]=C:\python310\python.exe"
-SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[1]=C:\python39\python.exe"
-SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[2]=C:\python38\python.exe"
-SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[3]=C:\python37\python.exe"
-SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[4]=C:\python%PYTHON_MINIMUM_VERSION[0]%%PYTHON_MINIMUM_VERSION[1]%\python.exe"
-SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[5]=C:\Windows\py.exe"
-SET OUTPUT_INDEX=6
+SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[0]=C:\python313\python.exe"
+SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[1]=C:\python312\python.exe"
+SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[2]=C:\python311\python.exe"
+SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[3]=C:\python310\python.exe"
+SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[4]=C:\python39\python.exe"
+SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[5]=C:\python%PYTHON_MINIMUM_VERSION[0]%%PYTHON_MINIMUM_VERSION[1]%\python.exe"
+SET "CANDIDATE_PATHS[6]=C:\Windows\py.exe"
+SET OUTPUT_INDEX=7
 
 FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%L IN (`2^>NUL where python3`) DO (
   IF %%~zL NEQ 0 (
diff --git a/xb.ps1 b/xb.ps1
index 0b58cc309..6f6d637e4 100644
--- a/xb.ps1
+++ b/xb.ps1
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ foreach ($pythonExecutable in $pythonExecutables) {
     }
 }
 # Neither found, error and exit
-$pythonMinimumVer = 3,6
+$pythonMinimumVer = 3,8
 if (!$pythonPath) {
     Write-FatalError "ERROR: Python $($pythonMinimumVer[0]).$($pythonMinimumVer[1])+ must be installed and on PATH:`nhttps://www.python.org/"
 }
diff --git a/xenia-build b/xenia-build
index 0bdbd2004..03c912933 100755
--- a/xenia-build
+++ b/xenia-build
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def main():
         print('')
 
     # Check python version.
-    python_minimum_ver=3,6
+    python_minimum_ver=3,8
     if not sys.version_info[:2] >= (python_minimum_ver[0], python_minimum_ver[1]):
         print('ERROR: Python ', python_minimum_ver[0], '.', python_minimum_ver[1], '+ must be installed and on PATH', sep='')
         sys.exit(1)