diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index 32985972..80ab171f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ jobs:
         #   continue-on-error: true
         - name: packaging
           python-version: 3.8
-        - name: py36
-          python-version: 3.8
         - name: py37
           python-version: 3.7
         - name: py38
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3c49a55a..7ec5f85d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Notes
   However, it will install the `ruyaml` python module. Thus, simply
   replace ``from ruamel import yaml`` with ``import ruyaml as yaml``
   (or equivalent) and you're all set.
-- python3.6 is the minimal version of python supported
+- python3.7 is the minimal version of python supported
 
 
 :version:       0.90.1
diff --git a/_doc/pyyaml.rst b/_doc/pyyaml.rst
index 084bd709..2205d0f2 100644
--- a/_doc/pyyaml.rst
+++ b/_doc/pyyaml.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ the document starts with::
 Python Compatibility
 ++++++++++++++++++++
 
-``ruyaml`` requires Python 3.6 or later.
+``ruyaml`` requires Python 3.7 or later.
 
 Fixes
 +++++
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 06d22ac5..8508f441 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ classifiers =
 
     Operating System :: OS Independent
 
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ packages =
 
 [options]
 use_scm_version = True
-python_requires = >=3.6
+python_requires = >=3.7
 package_dir =
   = lib
 packages = find: