diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 855d954..b9c179a 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-      day: "sunday"
+      interval: "monthly"
       timezone: "PST8PDT"
       time: "03:00"
     target-branch: "develop"
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-      day: "sunday"
+      interval: "monthly"
       timezone: "PST8PDT"
       time: "03:00"
     target-branch: "develop"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/commit.yaml
index cb4e1d2..97d8558 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        version: [3.9]
+        version: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: set up python ${{ matrix.version }}
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
   build_posix:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
-      max-parallel: 12
+      max-parallel: 8
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10.0-beta.4]
+        version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: set up python ${{ matrix.version }}
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ jobs:
         # version we are targeting with nox, while still having versions like 3.9.0a4
         run: |
           echo "FRIENDLY_PYTHON_VERSION=$(python -c "import sys; print(f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}')")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: install libxml2 and libxslt seems to only be needed for 3.9+ image for some reason
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.version == '3.9' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.version == '3.10.0-beta.4'
+      - name: ensure openssl installed for macos
+        # openssl missing/being linked incorrectly causes ssh2-python install failures
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
         run: |
-          sudo apt install libxml2-dev
-          sudo apt install libxslt-dev
+          brew install openssl
       - name: setup test env
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -63,7 +63,18 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - run: docker run -v $(pwd):/docs --entrypoint "" squidfunk/mkdocs-material:latest ash -c 'pip install mdx_gh_links && mkdocs build --clean --strict'
+      - name: Cache htmltest external links
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: tmp/.htmltest
+          # key will contain hash of all md files to check if files have changed
+          # when files are changed, a new key name is formed, and thus a new cache will be saved
+          key: htmltest-${{ hashFiles('docs/**/*.md') }}
+          # the restore key will fetch any previously saved cache even if there is no match on key
+          # this allows to use cache from prev runs and update it
+          restore-keys: |
+            htmltest-
       - name: htmltest
-        run: |
-          curl https://htmltest.wjdp.uk | bash
-          ./bin/htmltest -c docs/htmltest.yml
+        uses: wjdp/htmltest-action@v0.13.0-rc1
+        with:
+          config: docs/htmltest.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 6718604..6f015b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: set up python 3.9
+      - name: set up python 3.10
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: setup publish env
         run: |
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
           python -m twine upload dist/*
       - name: create release branch
-        uses: peterjgrainger/action-create-branch@v2.0.1
+        uses: peterjgrainger/action-create-branch@v2.1.0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly.yaml b/.github/workflows/weekly.yaml
index 7708817..6109cad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        version: [3.9]
+        version: ["3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: set up python ${{ matrix.version }}
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ jobs:
   build_posix:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
-      max-parallel: 12
+      max-parallel: 8
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10.0-beta.4]
+        version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: set up python ${{ matrix.version }}
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ jobs:
         # version we are targeting with nox, while still having versions like 3.9.0a4
         run: |
           echo "FRIENDLY_PYTHON_VERSION=$(python -c "import sys; print(f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}')")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: install libxml2 and libxslt seems to only be needed for 3.9+ image for some reason
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.version == '3.9' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.version == '3.10.0-beta.4'
+      - name: ensure openssl installed for macos
+        # openssl missing/being linked incorrectly causes ssh2-python install failures
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
         run: |
-          sudo apt install libxml2-dev
-          sudo apt install libxslt-dev
+          brew install openssl
       - name: setup test env
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33ae55c..320a891 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ nornir_scrapli -- scrapli's plugin for nornir
 
 ## Requirements
 
-MacOS or \*nix<sup>1</sup>, Python 3.6+
+MacOS or \*nix<sup>1</sup>, Python 3.7+
 
 <sup>1</sup> Although many parts of scrapli *do* run on Windows, Windows is not officially supported
 
diff --git a/docs/api_docs/connection.md b/docs/api_docs/connection.md
index 71ae4d7..23739c7 100644
--- a/docs/api_docs/connection.md
+++ b/docs/api_docs/connection.md
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 ##### close
-`close(self) ‑> NoneType`
+`close(self) ‑> None`
 
 ```text
 Override close method of normal nornir connection so we never close things
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 ##### open
-`open(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) ‑> NoneType`
+`open(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) ‑> None`
 
 ```text
 Override open method of normal nornir connection so we can coopt an existing conn
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ class ScrapliCore:
     
 
 ##### close
-`close(self) ‑> NoneType`
+`close(self) ‑> None`
 
 ```text
 Close a scrapli connection to a device
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 ##### open
-`open(self, hostname: Optional[str], username: Optional[str], password: Optional[str], port: Optional[int], platform: Optional[str], extras: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, configuration: Optional[nornir.core.configuration.Config] = None) ‑> NoneType`
+`open(self, hostname: Optional[str], username: Optional[str], password: Optional[str], port: Optional[int], platform: Optional[str], extras: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, configuration: Optional[nornir.core.configuration.Config] = None) ‑> None`
 
 ```text
 Open a scrapli connection to a device
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ class ScrapliNetconf:
     
 
 ##### close
-`close(self) ‑> NoneType`
+`close(self) ‑> None`
 
 ```text
 Close a scrapli netconf connection to a device
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 ##### open
-`open(self, hostname: Optional[str], username: Optional[str], password: Optional[str], port: Optional[int], platform: Optional[str], extras: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, configuration: Optional[nornir.core.configuration.Config] = None) ‑> NoneType`
+`open(self, hostname: Optional[str], username: Optional[str], password: Optional[str], port: Optional[int], platform: Optional[str], extras: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, configuration: Optional[nornir.core.configuration.Config] = None) ‑> None`
 
 ```text
 Open a scrapli connection to a device
diff --git a/docs/api_docs/functions.md b/docs/api_docs/functions.md
index 75241b5..b11d35e 100644
--- a/docs/api_docs/functions.md
+++ b/docs/api_docs/functions.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ __all__ = ("print_structured_result",)
     
 
 #### print_structured_result
-`print_structured_result(result: nornir.core.task.AggregatedResult, failed: bool = False, severity_level: int = 20, parser: str = 'textfsm', to_dict: bool = True, fail_to_string: bool = False) ‑> NoneType`
+`print_structured_result(result: nornir.core.task.AggregatedResult, failed: bool = False, severity_level: int = 20, parser: str = 'textfsm', to_dict: bool = True, fail_to_string: bool = False) ‑> None`
 
 ```text
 Prints the :obj:`nornir.core.task.Result` from a previous task to screen
diff --git a/docs/api_docs/tasks.md b/docs/api_docs/tasks.md
index 7211e0f..871c2fa 100644
--- a/docs/api_docs/tasks.md
+++ b/docs/api_docs/tasks.md
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 #### netconf_get_config
-`netconf_get_config(task: nornir.core.task.Task, source: str = 'running', filters: Union[str, List[str], NoneType] = None, filter_type: str = 'subtree') ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
+`netconf_get_config(task: nornir.core.task.Task, source: str = 'running', filter_: Union[str, List[str], ForwardRef(None)] = None, filter_type: str = 'subtree') ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
 
 ```text
 Get config from the device with scrapli_netconf
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ Get config from the device with scrapli_netconf
 Args:
     task: nornir task object
     source: configuration source to get; typically one of running|startup|candidate
-    filters: string or list of strings of filters to apply to configuration
+    filter_: string of filter(s) to apply to configuration
     filter_type: type of filter; subtree|xpath
 
 Returns:
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 #### send_command
-`send_command(task: nornir.core.task.Task, command: str, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], NoneType] = None, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
+`send_command(task: nornir.core.task.Task, command: str, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], ForwardRef(None)] = None, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
 
 ```text
 Send a single command to device using scrapli
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 #### send_commands
-`send_commands(task: nornir.core.task.Task, commands: List[str], strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], NoneType] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
+`send_commands(task: nornir.core.task.Task, commands: List[str], strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], ForwardRef(None)] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
 
 ```text
 Send a list of commands to device using scrapli
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 #### send_commands_from_file
-`send_commands_from_file(task: nornir.core.task.Task, file: str, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], NoneType] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
+`send_commands_from_file(task: nornir.core.task.Task, file: str, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], ForwardRef(None)] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
 
 ```text
 Send a list of commands from a file to device using scrapli
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 #### send_config
-`send_config(task: nornir.core.task.Task, config: str, dry_run: Optional[bool] = None, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], NoneType] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, privilege_level: str = '', eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
+`send_config(task: nornir.core.task.Task, config: str, dry_run: Optional[bool] = None, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], ForwardRef(None)] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, privilege_level: str = '', eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
 
 ```text
 Send a config to device using scrapli
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 #### send_configs
-`send_configs(task: nornir.core.task.Task, configs: List[str], dry_run: Optional[bool] = None, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], NoneType] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, privilege_level: str = '', eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
+`send_configs(task: nornir.core.task.Task, configs: List[str], dry_run: Optional[bool] = None, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], ForwardRef(None)] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, privilege_level: str = '', eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
 
 ```text
 Send configs to device using scrapli
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 #### send_configs_from_file
-`send_configs_from_file(task: nornir.core.task.Task, file: str, dry_run: Optional[bool] = None, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], NoneType] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, privilege_level: str = '', eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
+`send_configs_from_file(task: nornir.core.task.Task, file: str, dry_run: Optional[bool] = None, strip_prompt: bool = True, failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], ForwardRef(None)] = None, stop_on_failed: bool = False, privilege_level: str = '', eager: bool = False, timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
 
 ```text
 Send configs from a file to device using scrapli
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ Raises:
     
 
 #### send_interactive
-`send_interactive(task: nornir.core.task.Task, interact_events: List[Tuple[str, str, Optional[bool]]], failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], NoneType] = None, privilege_level: str = '', timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
+`send_interactive(task: nornir.core.task.Task, interact_events: List[Tuple[str, str, Optional[bool]]], failed_when_contains: Union[str, List[str], ForwardRef(None)] = None, privilege_level: str = '', timeout_ops: Optional[float] = None) ‑> nornir.core.task.Result`
 
 ```text
 Send inputs in an interactive fashion using scrapli; usually used to handle prompts
diff --git a/docs/htmltest.yml b/docs/htmltest.yml
index 579c571..476b32a 100644
--- a/docs/htmltest.yml
+++ b/docs/htmltest.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ IgnoreSSLVerify: true
 IgnoreDirs:
   - overrides
 IgnoreInternalEmptyHash: true
+ExternalTimeout: 60
+HTTPHeaders:
+  "Range": "bytes=0-10"
+  "Accept": "*/*"
+CacheExpires: "96h"
+HTTPConcurrencyLimit: 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nornir_scrapli/tasks/netconf/get_config.py b/nornir_scrapli/tasks/netconf/get_config.py
index dc9e7c8..95e8152 100644
--- a/nornir_scrapli/tasks/netconf/get_config.py
+++ b/nornir_scrapli/tasks/netconf/get_config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 def netconf_get_config(
     task: Task,
     source: str = "running",
-    filters: Optional[Union[str, List[str]]] = None,
+    filter_: Optional[Union[str, List[str]]] = None,
     filter_type: str = "subtree",
 ) -> Result:
     """
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def netconf_get_config(
     Args:
         task: nornir task object
         source: configuration source to get; typically one of running|startup|candidate
-        filters: string or list of strings of filters to apply to configuration
+        filter_: string of filter(s) to apply to configuration
         filter_type: type of filter; subtree|xpath
 
     Returns:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def netconf_get_config(
     """
     scrapli_conn = task.host.get_connection("scrapli_netconf", task.nornir.config)
     scrapli_response = scrapli_conn.get_config(
-        source=source, filters=filters, filter_type=filter_type
+        source=source, filter_=filter_, filter_type=filter_type
     )
 
     result = ScrapliResult(
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 6ad4723..3ea29f7 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ def parse_requirements(dev: bool = True) -> Dict[str, str]:
 
     """
     requirements = {}
-    requirements_file = "requirements.txt" if dev is False else "requirements-dev.txt"
+    requirements_file = "requirements.txt" if not dev else "requirements-dev.txt"
 
-    with open(requirements_file, "r") as f:
+    with open(requirements_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         requirements_file_lines = f.readlines()
 
     requirements_lines: List[str] = [
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def parse_requirements(dev: bool = True) -> Dict[str, str]:
 SKIP_LIST: List[str] = []
 
 
-@nox.session(python=["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"])
+@nox.session(python=["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"])
 def unit_tests(session):
     """
     Nox run unit tests
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def unit_tests(session):
     )
 
 
-@nox.session(python=["3.9"])
+@nox.session(python=["3.10"])
 def isort(session):
     """
     Nox run isort
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def isort(session):
     session.run("python", "-m", "isort", "-c", ".")
 
 
-@nox.session(python=["3.9"])
+@nox.session(python=["3.10"])
 def black(session):
     """
     Nox run black
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def black(session):
     session.run("python", "-m", "black", "--check", ".")
 
 
-@nox.session(python=["3.9"])
+@nox.session(python=["3.10"])
 def pylama(session):
     """
     Nox run pylama
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def pylama(session):
     session.run("python", "-m", "pylama", ".")
 
 
-@nox.session(python=["3.9"])
+@nox.session(python=["3.10"])
 def pydocstyle(session):
     """
     Nox run pydocstyle
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def pydocstyle(session):
     session.run("python", "-m", "pydocstyle", ".")
 
 
-@nox.session(python=["3.9"])
+@nox.session(python=["3.10"])
 def mypy(session):
     """
     Nox run mypy
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def mypy(session):
     session.run("python", "-m", "mypy", "--strict", "nornir_scrapli/")
 
 
-@nox.session(python=["3.9"])
+@nox.session(python=["3.10"])
 def darglint(session):
     """
     Nox run darglint
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 96a9361..c4d119b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = ['py38']
+target-version = ['py310']
+
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b105bd1..be6aa26 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-black==21.7b0
-darglint==1.8.0
-isort==5.9.3
-mypy==0.910
-nox==2021.6.12
-pycodestyle==2.7.0
-pydocstyle==6.1.1
-pylama==7.7.1
-pylint==2.9.6
-pytest-cov==2.12.1
-pytest==6.2.4
+black==21.12b0
+darglint==1.8.1,<2.0.0
+isort>=5.10.1,<6.0.0
+mypy==0.931
+nox==2022.01.07
+pycodestyle==2.8.0,<3.0.0
+pydocstyle==6.1.1,<7.0.0
+pylama==8.3.7,<9.0.0
+pylint==2.12.2
+pytest-cov>=3.0.0,<4.0.0
+pytest>=6.2.5,<7.0.0
 -r requirements-genie.txt
 -r requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 76fbbb4..f4ac22b 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-mdx-gh-links==0.2
-mkdocs==1.2.2
-mkdocs-material==7.2.2
-mkdocs-material-extensions==1.0.1
-pdoc3==0.10.0 ; sys_platform != "win32"
\ No newline at end of file
+mdx-gh-links>=0.2,<1.0
+mkdocs>=1.2.3,<2.0.0
+mkdocs-material>=8.1.6,<9.0.0
+mkdocs-material-extensions>=1.0.3,<2.0.0
+pdoc3>=0.10.0,<1.0.0 ; sys_platform != "win32"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c8ab3cc..913eb77 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-nornir>=3.0.0,<4.0.0
+nornir>=3.0.0
 nornir_utils>=0.1.0
-ntc_templates>=1.1.0,<3.0.0
-scrapli>=2021.07.30
-scrapli_cfg>=2021.07.30
+ntc_templates>=1.1.0
+scrapli>=2022.01.30
+scrapli_cfg>=2022.01.30
 scrapli_community>=2021.01.30
-scrapli_netconf>=2021.01.30
-textfsm>=1.1.0,<2.0.0
+scrapli_netconf>=2022.01.30
+textfsm>=1.1.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6c0b20a..b133d60 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ strictness = full
 ignore = DAR202
 
 [mypy]
-python_version = 3.9
+python_version = 3.10
 pretty = True
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 warn_redundant_casts = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78da663..88e1eb5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 """nornir_scrapli"""
 import setuptools
 
-__version__ = "2021.07.30"
+__version__ = "2022.01.30"
 __author__ = "Carl Montanari"
 
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     README = f.read()
 
-with open("requirements.txt", "r") as f:
+with open("requirements.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     INSTALL_REQUIRES = f.read().splitlines()
 
 EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 }
 
 for extra in EXTRAS_REQUIRE:
-    with open(f"requirements-{extra}.txt", "r") as f:
+    with open(f"requirements-{extra}.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         EXTRAS_REQUIRE[extra] = f.read().splitlines()
 
 full_requirements = [requirement for extra in EXTRAS_REQUIRE.values() for requirement in extra]
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
         "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
         "Operating System :: MacOS",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
     entry_points="""
     [nornir.plugins.connections]
     scrapli=nornir_scrapli.connection:ScrapliCore
diff --git a/tests/unit/tasks/test_netconf_get_config.py b/tests/unit/tasks/test_netconf_get_config.py
index b315409..bebd16a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tasks/test_netconf_get_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit/tasks/test_netconf_get_config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def test_netconf_get_config(nornir_netconf, monkeypatch):
     def mock_open(cls):
         pass
 
-    def mock_get_config(cls, source, filters, filter_type):
+    def mock_get_config(cls, source, filter_, filter_type):
         response = Response(host="fake_as_heck", channel_input="blah")
         response.record_response(b"some stuff about whatever")
         return response