diff --git a/.github/actions/update-precommit/action.yml b/.github/actions/update-precommit/action.yml
index d15ca18a1..e3bb48d56 100644
--- a/.github/actions/update-precommit/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/update-precommit/action.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inputs:
   python-version:
     description: 'Python version to use'
     required: false
-    default: '3.13'
+    default: '3.14'
 
 runs:
   using: composite
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yml b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
index 7377e4430..3b79d04f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.13'
+          python-version: '3.14'
       - name: Install Doxygen and Graphviz
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.13'
+          python-version: '3.14'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/scoreboard/main.py b/scoreboard/main.py
index fa2010dd7..06ac4e256 100644
--- a/scoreboard/main.py
+++ b/scoreboard/main.py
@@ -10,15 +10,7 @@
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 import logging
 import sys
-
-# Try ZoneInfo from stdlib, then from backports, else fall back to naive time
-try:
-    from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo  # type: ignore
-except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - fallback for Python < 3.9
-    try:
-        from backports.zoneinfo import ZoneInfo  # type: ignore
-    except Exception:  # Last resort: define a stub
-        ZoneInfo = None  # type: ignore
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo  # type: ignore
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s")
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/scoreboard/requirements.txt b/scoreboard/requirements.txt
index d86cf7650..949c43121 100644
--- a/scoreboard/requirements.txt
+++ b/scoreboard/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 Jinja2>=3.0
 PyYAML>=6.0
-backports.zoneinfo; python_version < "3.9"