diff --git a/ddev/CHANGELOG.md b/ddev/CHANGELOG.md
index a78f654d07faf..920020e7bbbff 100644
--- a/ddev/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ddev/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ***Fixed***:
 
 * Make sure repo override in envvar makes it into config ([#15782](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/15782))
+* Bump the `target-version` to python 3.9 for ruff and black ([#15824](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/15824))
 
 ## 5.0.0 / 2023-09-06
 
diff --git a/ddev/pyproject.toml b/ddev/pyproject.toml
index 5c5445785bb10..cfcf7c237f184 100644
--- a/ddev/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ddev/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ scripts = ["ddev"]
 include = '\.pyi?$'
 line-length = 120
 skip-string-normalization = true
-target-version = ["py38"]
+target-version = ["py39"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 exclude = []
-target-version = "py38"
+target-version = "py39"
 line-length = 120
 # Rules were ported over from the legacy flake8 settings for parity
 # All the rules can be found here: https://beta.ruff.rs/docs/rules/