diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8cd7db1..b71bcaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
+          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 807b668..3696b21 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.0.6+md1 (2024-02-01)
+======================
+
+* Re-release current version with 3.8 support.
+
 Release 1.0.6 (2024-01-13)
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a68d669..34641b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ urls.Download = "https://pypi.org/project/sphinxcontrib-qthelp/"
 urls.Homepage = "https://www.sphinx-doc.org/"
 urls."Issue tracker" = "https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues"
 license.text = "BSD-2-Clause"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 
 # Classifiers list: https://pypi.org/classifiers/
 classifiers = [
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/qthelp/__init__.py b/sphinxcontrib/qthelp/__init__.py
index 0eb6bc7..9323220 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/qthelp/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/qthelp/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import os
 import posixpath
 import re
-from collections.abc import Iterable
 from os import path
 from typing import Any, cast
 
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@
 from sphinx.util.template import SphinxRenderer
 
 
-__version__ = '1.0.6'
-__version_info__ = (1, 0, 6)
+__version__ = '1.0.6+md1'
+__version_info__ = (1, 0, 6, 'md1')
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ def write_toc(self, node: Node, indentlevel: int = 4) -> list[str]:
             parts.append(' ' * 4 * indentlevel + item)
 
             bullet_list = cast(nodes.bullet_list, node[1])
-            list_items = cast(Iterable[nodes.list_item], bullet_list)
+            list_items = bullet_list
             for list_item in list_items:
                 parts.extend(self.write_toc(list_item, indentlevel + 1))
             parts.append(' ' * 4 * indentlevel + '</section>')
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e54e565..477ec6c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 2.4.0
 envlist =
-    py{39,310,311,312,313},
+    py{38,39,310,311,312,313},
     flake8,
     mypy
 isolated_build = True
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ isolated_build = True
 [testenv]
 deps=
     pytest
-    git+https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
+    !py38: git+https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
+    py38: sphinx
 extras=
     test
 setenv =