diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7cfd56ed..5938cbb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -73,20 +73,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Benchmark
         run: python -m pytest --benchmark-only --benchmark-autosave --benchmark-columns 'min, max, mean, median' --benchmark-sort 'min' --benchmark-json output.json
 
-      - name: Store and Compare benchmark result
-        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
-        with:
-          name: rio-tiler Benchmarks
-          tool: 'pytest'
-          output-file-path: output.json
-          alert-threshold: '130%'
-          comment-on-alert: true
-          fail-on-alert: true
-          # GitHub API token to make a commit comment
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          # Make a commit on `gh-pages` only if master
-          auto-push: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
-          benchmark-data-dir-path: benchmarks
+      # - name: Store and Compare benchmark result
+      #   uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
+      #   with:
+      #     name: rio-tiler Benchmarks
+      #     tool: 'pytest'
+      #     output-file-path: output.json
+      #     alert-threshold: '130%'
+      #     comment-on-alert: true
+      #     fail-on-alert: true
+      #     # GitHub API token to make a commit comment
+      #     github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      #     # Make a commit on `gh-pages` only if master
+      #     auto-push: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+      #     benchmark-data-dir-path: benchmarks
 
   publish:
     needs: [tests]
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e207d274..26f44ca6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
+# 4.0.0 (TBD)
+
+**breaking changes**
+
+* remove python 3.7 support
+* update rasterio requirement to `>=1.3` to allow python 3.10 support
+
 # 3.1.6 (2022-07-22)
 
 * Hide `NotGeoreferencedWarning` warnings in `utils.render` and `utils.resize_array`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 66740332..6856d248 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "rio-tiler"
 description = "User friendly Rasterio plugin to read raster datasets."
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 authors = [
     {name = "Vincent Sarago", email = "vincent@developmentseed.com"},
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Information Technology",
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "morecantile>=3.1,<4.0",
     "pydantic",
     "pystac>=0.5.4",
-    "rasterio>=1.1.7",
+    "rasterio>=1.3.0",
     "rio-color",
     "importlib_resources>=1.1.0; python_version < '3.9'",
 ]