diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 325ae0e..9cf4fde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   pre-commit:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
     name: linting
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -22,12 +25,12 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: 3.x
-    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@2c7b3805fd2a0fd8c1884dcaebf91fc102a13ecd  #v3.0.1
       with:
         extra_args: --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
       env:
         PRE_COMMIT_COLOR: always
-    - uses: pre-commit-ci/lite-action@v1.0.2
+    - uses: pre-commit-ci/lite-action@5d6cc0eb514c891a40562a58a8e71576c5c7fb43  #v1.1.0
       if: always()
       with:
         msg: Apply pre-commit code formatting
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 279d976..01ac855 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # native support. It works, but is slow.
 #
 # Another major downside: You can't just re-run the job for one part
-# of the matrix. So if there's a transient test failure that hit, say, 3.8,
+# of the matrix. So if there's a transient test failure that hit, say, 3.11,
 # to get a clean run every version of Python runs again. That's bad.
 # https://github.community/t/ability-to-rerun-just-a-single-job-in-a-workflow/17234/65
 
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version:
           - "pypy-3.10"
-          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
+          - "3.14"
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         exclude:
           - os: macos-latest
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -152,10 +154,17 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
 
+      - name: Install Build Dependencies (3.14)
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.14'
+        run: |
+          pip install -U pip
+          pip install -U --pre cffi
+          pip install -U "setuptools <= 75.6.0" wheel twine
       - name: Install Build Dependencies
+        if: matrix.python-version != '3.14'
         run: |
           pip install -U pip
-          pip install -U "setuptools <74" wheel twine
+          pip install -U "setuptools <= 75.6.0" wheel twine
           pip install cffi
 
       - name: Build zope.index (macOS x86_64)
@@ -194,7 +203,15 @@ jobs:
           python setup.py build_ext -i
           python setup.py bdist_wheel
 
+      - name: Install zope.index and dependencies (3.14)
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.14'
+        run: |
+          # Install to collect dependencies into the (pip) cache.
+          # Use "--pre" here because dependencies with support for this future
+          # Python release may only be available as pre-releases
+          pip install --pre .[test]
       - name: Install zope.index and dependencies
+        if: matrix.python-version != '3.14'
         run: |
           # Install to collect dependencies into the (pip) cache.
           pip install .[test]
@@ -237,6 +254,7 @@ jobs:
           && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
           && !startsWith(runner.os, 'Linux')
           && !startsWith(matrix.python-version, 'pypy')
+          && !startsWith(matrix.python-version, '3.14')
         env:
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
@@ -250,12 +268,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version:
           - "pypy-3.10"
-          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
+          - "3.14"
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         exclude:
           - os: macos-latest
@@ -264,6 +282,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -310,9 +330,25 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: zope.index-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}.whl
           path: dist/
+      - name: Install zope.index ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.14'
+        run: |
+          pip install -U --pre cffi
+          pip install -U wheel "setuptools <= 75.6.0"
+          # coverage might have a wheel on PyPI for a future python version which is
+          # not ABI compatible with the current one, so build it from sdist:
+          pip install -U --no-binary :all: coverage[toml]
+          # Unzip into src/ so that testrunner can find the .so files
+          # when we ask it to load tests from that directory. This
+          # might also save some build time?
+          unzip -n dist/zope.index-*whl -d src
+          # Use "--pre" here because dependencies with support for this future
+          # Python release may only be available as pre-releases
+          pip install --pre -e .[test]
       - name: Install zope.index
+        if: matrix.python-version != '3.14'
         run: |
-          pip install -U wheel "setuptools <74"
+          pip install -U wheel "setuptools <= 75.6.0"
           pip install -U coverage[toml]
           pip install -U 'cffi; platform_python_implementation == "CPython"'
           # Unzip into src/ so that testrunner can find the .so files
@@ -361,6 +397,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -431,6 +469,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -506,6 +546,8 @@ jobs:
           name: manylinux_${{ matrix.image }}_wheels.zip
       - name: Restore pip cache permissions
         run: sudo chown -R $(whoami) ${{ steps.pip-cache-default.outputs.dir }}
+      - name: Prevent publishing wheels for unreleased Python versions
+        run: VER=$(echo '3.14' | tr -d .) && ls -al wheelhouse && sudo rm -f wheelhouse/*-cp${VER}*.whl && ls -al wheelhouse
       - name: Publish package to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         if: >
diff --git a/.manylinux-install.sh b/.manylinux-install.sh
index 15316fa..b3ef47d 100755
--- a/.manylinux-install.sh
+++ b/.manylinux-install.sh
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ yum -y install libffi-devel
 
 tox_env_map() {
     case $1 in
-        *"cp38"*) echo 'py38';;
         *"cp39"*) echo 'py39';;
         *"cp310"*) echo 'py310';;
         *"cp311"*) echo 'py311';;
         *"cp312"*) echo 'py312';;
         *"cp313"*) echo 'py313';;
+        *"cp314"*) echo 'py314';;
         *) echo 'py';;
     esac
 }
@@ -41,14 +41,19 @@ tox_env_map() {
 # Compile wheels
 for PYBIN in /opt/python/*/bin; do
     if \
-       [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp38/"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp39/"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp310/"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp311/"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp312/"* ]] || \
-       [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp313/"* ]] ; then
-        "${PYBIN}/pip" install -e /io/
-        "${PYBIN}/pip" wheel /io/ -w wheelhouse/
+       [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp313/"* ]] || \
+       [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp314/"* ]] ; then
+        if [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp314/"* ]] ; then
+            "${PYBIN}/pip" install --pre -e /io/
+            "${PYBIN}/pip" wheel /io/ --pre -w wheelhouse/
+        else
+            "${PYBIN}/pip" install -e /io/
+            "${PYBIN}/pip" wheel /io/ -w wheelhouse/
+        fi
         if [ `uname -m` == 'aarch64' ]; then
           cd /io/
           ${PYBIN}/pip install tox
diff --git a/.meta.toml b/.meta.toml
index 9737c87..8d1a82d 100644
--- a/.meta.toml
+++ b/.meta.toml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 # https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/c-code
 [meta]
 template = "c-code"
-commit-id = "85622de1"
+commit-id = "e78b9550"
 
 [python]
 with-windows = true
 with-pypy = true
 with-docs = true
 with-sphinx-doctests = true
-with-future-python = false
+with-future-python = true
 with-macos = false
 
 [tox]
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b5d6386..7d30407 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 minimum_pre_commit_version: '3.6'
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-    rev: "5.13.2"
+    rev: "6.0.0"
     hooks:
     - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8
-    rev: "v2.3.1"
+    rev: "v2.3.2"
     hooks:
     - id: autopep8
       args: [--in-place, --aggressive, --aggressive]
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.17.0
+    rev: v3.19.1
     hooks:
     - id: pyupgrade
-      args: [--py38-plus]
+      args: [--py39-plus]
   - repo: https://github.com/isidentical/teyit
     rev: 0.4.3
     hooks:
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0866f19..dd7c7f9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 7.1 (unreleased)
 ================
 
+- Drop support for Python 3.8.
+
+- Add preliminary support for Python 3.14.
 
 7.0 (2024-09-18)
 ================
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e6d84b8..5242e6a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!--
 Generated from:
 https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/c-code
---> 
+-->
 # Contributing to zopefoundation projects
 
 The projects under the zopefoundation GitHub organization are open source and
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2fd06b4..db41b90 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/c-code
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools<74"]
+requires = ["setuptools <= 75.6.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 544cb10..c476ac5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ def _unavailable(self, e):
 setup(name='zope.index',
       version=version,
       url='https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.index',
-      license='ZPL 2.1',
+      license='ZPL-2.1',
       author='Zope Foundation and Contributors',
-      author_email='zope-dev@zope.org',
+      author_email='zope-dev@zope.dev',
       description="Indices for using with catalog like text, field, etc.",
       long_description=long_description,
       classifiers=[
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ def _unavailable(self, e):
           'License :: OSI Approved :: Zope Public License',
           'Programming Language :: Python',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ def _unavailable(self, e):
       packages=find_packages('src'),
       package_dir={'': 'src'},
       namespace_packages=['zope'],
-      python_requires='>=3.8',
+      python_requires='>=3.9',
       extras_require={
           'test': [
               'zope.testrunner',
diff --git a/src/zope/index/text/okapiindex.py b/src/zope/index/text/okapiindex.py
index 229cb55..a243398 100644
--- a/src/zope/index/text/okapiindex.py
+++ b/src/zope/index/text/okapiindex.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 PURE_PYTHON = int(os.environ.get('PURE_PYTHON', '0')) or _is_pypy
 try:
     from zope.index.text.okascore import score
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
     score = None
 
 score = None if PURE_PYTHON else score
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c434027..98482b7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@
 minversion = 4.0
 envlist =
     lint
-    py38,py38-pure
     py39,py39-pure
     py310,py310-pure
     py311,py311-pure
     py312,py312-pure
     py313,py313-pure
+    py314,py314-pure
     pypy3
     docs
     coverage
 
 [testenv]
+pip_pre = py314: true
 deps =
-    setuptools  <74
+    setuptools <= 75.6.0
+    Sphinx
 setenv =
     pure: PURE_PYTHON=1
     !pure-!pypy3: PURE_PYTHON=0
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ description = ensure that the distribution is ready to release
 basepython = python3
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-    setuptools <74
+    setuptools <= 75.6.0
     twine
     build
     check-manifest