diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2bb0798..4def365f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,64 +1,58 @@
+# Byte-compiled DLL and Shared Library files
 *.py[cod]
-
-# C extensions
 *.so
 
 # Packages
 *.egg
-*.egg-info
-dist
-build
-eggs
-parts
-bin
-var
-sdist
-develop-eggs
+*.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
-lib64
+bin/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+eggs/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
 
 # Versioning
 .python-version
 .tool-version
 
 # Installer logs
-pip-log.txt
 .DS_Store
 .travis-solo
 Icon
+pip-log.txt
 
 # Documentation
 _build
 _sources
 _static
+coverage.xml
+exp/
 objects.inv
 searchindex.js
 
-# MS Visual Studio (PyTools)
-obj
-*.pyproj
-*.sln
-*.suo
-
 # virtaulenv
+.venv*/
 env/
 env*/
 venv*/
-.venv*/
 
-# PyCharm Project files
-.idea/
-
-# export testing directories
-exp/
-
-_extras/
-*.sublime-*
-site/
-
-.vscode/settings.json
-coverage.xml
-.vscode/launch.json
-.coverage
-.vscode/tasks.json
-todo.txt
+# Editor and IDE specific files
+#  Since contributors may want to user a variety of development tools it is 
+#  recommended that editor specific file types be ignored globally by each
+#  contributor via a global gitignore. Instructions for setting up a global
+#  ignore file can be found here:
+#  https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/getting-started-with-git/ignoring-files
+#  (Configuring ignored files for all repositories on your computer)
+#  Examples of such files are:
+# MS Visual Studio (PyTools)
+#   obj
+#   *.suo
+# PyCharm
+#   .idea/
+# VS Code
+#   .vscode/settings.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e485927..ee9c88ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/compare/v2.8.4...HEAD)
 
+**Build:**
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.7 and 3.8 [\#1412](https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/pull/1412) ([micahellison](https://github.com/micahellison))
+
 **Packaging:**
 
+- Sync jrnl's Python version support more closely to Python release cycle [\#1406](https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/issues/1406)
 - Bump pytest from 6.2.5 to 7.0.0 [\#1407](https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/pull/1407) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
 
 ## [v2.8.4](https://pypi.org/project/jrnl/v2.8.4/) (2022-02-12)