diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8e958859..627ada08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: [ '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
           isort --check .
           black --check .
       - name: Check Cython code style
-        if: matrix.python-version != '3.6'
         run: |
           pip install cython-lint
           cython-lint imops/src
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ca5df98..7838f311 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = 'imops'
 dynamic = ['version']
 description = 'Efficient parallelizable algorithms for multidimensional arrays to speed up your data pipelines'
 readme = 'README.md'
-requires-python = '>=3.6'
+requires-python = '>=3.7'
 license = { file = 'LICENSE' }
 keywords = ['image processing', 'fast', 'ndarray', 'data pipelines']
 authors = [
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ authors = [
 classifiers = [
     'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
     'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f255b459..6f086bba 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 classifiers = [
     'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
     'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
@@ -56,5 +55,5 @@
         'Cython<3.0.0',
     ],
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
 )