diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d331cd1..5a971d92 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ setup(name='pyerrors',
       author='Fabian Joswig',
       author_email='fabian.joswig@ed.ac.uk',
       packages=find_packages(),
-      python_requires='>=3.7.0',
+      python_requires='>=3.6.0',
       install_requires=['numpy>=1.16', 'autograd @ git+https://github.com/HIPS/autograd.git', 'numdifftools', 'matplotlib>=3.3', 'scipy', 'iminuit>=2', 'h5py']
      )