diff --git a/.github/workflows/project-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/project-ci.yaml
index 2f38586..7172636 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/project-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/project-ci.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-        mdanalysis-version: ["2.7.0", "2.8.0", "2.9.0", "latest"]
+        mdanalysis-version: ["2.9.0", "latest"]
     name: MDAnalysis Compatibility Tests
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fa560b3..8fd361a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ keywords = ["entropy", "macromolecular systems", "MD simulation"]
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "numpy==2.2.3",
-    "mdanalysis>=2.7.0",
+    "mdanalysis>=2.9.0",
     "pandas==2.2.3",
     "psutil==5.9.5",
     "PyYAML==6.0.2",