diff --git a/.changeset/gentle-guests-clean.md b/.changeset/gentle-guests-clean.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d103f1d81e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gentle-guests-clean.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': major
+---
+
+breaking: drop support for Svelte 3
diff --git a/packages/kit/package.json b/packages/kit/package.json
index cf37f948d762..d8de289034a4 100644
--- a/packages/kit/package.json
+++ b/packages/kit/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		"vitest": "^0.34.5"
 	},
 	"peerDependencies": {
-		"svelte": "^3.54.0 || ^4.0.0-next.0 || ^5.0.0-next.0",
+		"svelte": "^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0-next.0",
 		"vite": "^5.0.3"
 	},
 	"bin": {