diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index 609adbc..a2a3d46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.5', '3.12' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.7', '3.12' ]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dcb0d7..cdb5a82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Delayed is a simple but robust task queue inspired by [rq](https://python-rq.org
 
 ## Requirements
 
-1. Python 3.5 or later, tested on CPython 3.5 - 3.12. Versions before 1.0 have also been tested on CPython 2.7, PyPy and PyPy3.
+1. Python 3.7 or later, tested on CPython 3.7 - 3.12. Versions before 1.0 have also been tested on CPython 2.7, PyPy and PyPy3.
 2. To gracefully stop the workers, Unix-like systems (with Unix signal) are required, tested on Ubuntu 22.04 and macOS Monterey 12.
 3. Redis 2.6.0 or later (with Lua scripts).