diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a3b7beeae..7ffae616e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ package_dir =
     = src
 packages = find:
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.6
 install_requires =
     beautifulsoup4>=4.6
     numpy>=1.8