diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0f3111..e726ad3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 * Improve test coverage by running an HTTP server to fake the Patroni API (#55
   by @dlax).
+* Declare compatibility with click version 7.1 (or higher).
 
 ## check_patroni 1.0.0 - 2023-08-28
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1df70a2..fdd951b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ setup(
         "attrs >= 17, !=21.1",
         "requests",
         "nagiosplugin >= 1.3.2",
-        "click >= 8.0.1",
+        "click >= 7.1",
     ],
     extras_require={
         "test": [