diff --git a/packages/flare/bin/cron_job_ingest_events.py b/packages/flare/bin/cron_job_ingest_events.py
index cb1a80c..74bd7ee 100644
--- a/packages/flare/bin/cron_job_ingest_events.py
+++ b/packages/flare/bin/cron_job_ingest_events.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+import sys
+
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    sys.exit("Error: This application requires Python 3.9 or higher.")
+
+
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
 from datetime import date
 from datetime import datetime