diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 364c5d87591..90c6b2bd54a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ branches:
   - /release-.*/
   
 environment:
- PY_PYTHON: 3.7-32
+ PY_PYTHON: 3.8-32
  encFileKey:
   secure: ekOvuyywHuDdGZmRmoj+b3jfrq39A2xlx4RD5ZUGd/8=
  mozillaSymsAuthToken:
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 61910f12878..2b96dc2f65a 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ The NVDA source depends on several other packages to run correctly.
 ### Installed Dependencies
 The following dependencies need to be installed on your system:
 
-* [Python](https://www.python.org/), version 3.7, 32 bit
+* [Python](https://www.python.org/), version 3.8, 32 bit
 	* Use latest minor version if possible.
-	* Don't use `3.7.6` it causes an error while building, see #10696.
 * Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Community, Version 16.3 or later:
 	* Download from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/
 	* When installing Visual Studio, you need to enable the following:
diff --git a/scons.bat b/scons.bat
index 5c7001358e6..6c9c8603047 100644
--- a/scons.bat
+++ b/scons.bat
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ rem Instead, find the python launcher (installed by python 3)
 where py 1>nul 2>&1
 if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" (
 	rem Python launcher is present in the PATH
-	rem Call python 3.7 for 32 bits
-	py -3.7-32 "%~dp0\scons.py" %*
+	rem Call python 3.8 32-bit
+	py -3.8-32 "%~dp0\scons.py" %*
 ) else (
 	rem Python registers itself with the .py extension, so call scons.py.
 	"%~dp0\scons.py" %*
diff --git a/sconstruct b/sconstruct
index 2824c19d335..c4df9c236cf 100755
--- a/sconstruct
+++ b/sconstruct
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import platform
 
 # Variables for storing required version of Python, and the version which is used to run this script.
 requiredPythonMajor ="3"
-requiredPythonMinor = "7"
+requiredPythonMinor = "8"
 requiredPythonArchitecture = "32bit"
 installedPythonMajor = str(sys.version_info.major)
 installedPythonMinor = str(sys.version_info.minor)
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ if (
 		requiredPythonArchitecture
 	)
 	)
-if sys.version_info.micro == 6:
-	# #10696: Building with Python 3.7.6 fails. Innform user and exit.
-	Py376FailMsg = "Building with Python 3.7.6 is not possible.\nPlease use more  recent version of Python 3."
-	raise RuntimeError(Py376FailMsg)
 sourceEnvPath = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(Dir('.').srcnode().path, "source"))
 sys.path.append(sourceEnvPath)
 import sourceEnv