diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index febcfcf3..4c074906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true                                                                                                                                                       
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: 3.9 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb19a814..54382571 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![flake8](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/flake8.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/flake8.yml) [![pytest](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/pytest.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/pytest.yml) [![docs](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/docs.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/docs.yml) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.6+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+[![flake8](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/flake8.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/flake8.yml) [![pytest](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/pytest.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/pytest.yml) [![docs](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/docs.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/docs.yml) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.7+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 # pyerrors
 `pyerrors` is a python package for error computation and propagation of Markov chain Monte Carlo data.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5a971d92..9d331cd1 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='>=3.6.0',
+      python_requires='>=3.7.0',
       install_requires=['numpy>=1.16', 'autograd @ git+https://github.com/HIPS/autograd.git', 'numdifftools', 'matplotlib>=3.3', 'scipy', 'iminuit>=2', 'h5py']
      )