diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4fc65621..40a580ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ jobs:
           - {VERSION: "3.12", TOXENV: "mypy", COVERAGE: "false"}
           - {VERSION: "pypy-3.9", TOXENV: "pypy3"}
           - {VERSION: "pypy-3.10", TOXENV: "pypy3"}
-          - {VERSION: "3.6", TOXENV: "py36"}
           - {VERSION: "3.7", TOXENV: "py37"}
           - {VERSION: "3.8", TOXENV: "py38"}
           - {VERSION: "3.9", TOXENV: "py39"}
@@ -71,11 +70,11 @@ jobs:
           - 'macos-13'
           - 'macos-latest'
         PYTHON:
-          - {VERSION: "3.6", TOXENV: "py36"}
+          - {VERSION: "3.7", TOXENV: "py37"}
           - {VERSION: "3.12", TOXENV: "py312"}
           - {VERSION: "3.12", TOXENV: "py312", NOTE: " (minimal build)", SODIUM_INSTALL_MINIMAL: "1"}
         exclude:
-          - PYTHON: {VERSION: "3.6", TOXENV: "py36"}
+          - PYTHON: {VERSION: "3.7", TOXENV: "py37"}
             RUNNER: macos-latest
     name: "Python ${{ matrix.PYTHON.VERSION }}${{ matrix.PYTHON.NOTE }} on ${{ matrix.RUNNER }}"
     steps:
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ jobs:
           - {ARCH: 'x86', SODIUM_ARCH: 'Win32'}
           - {ARCH: 'x64', SODIUM_ARCH: 'x64'}
         PYTHON:
-          - {VERSION: "3.6", TOXENV: "py36", SODIUM_MSVC_VERSION: "v142"}
           - {VERSION: "3.7", TOXENV: "py37", SODIUM_MSVC_VERSION: "v142"}
           - {VERSION: "3.8", TOXENV: "py38", SODIUM_MSVC_VERSION: "v142"}
           - {VERSION: "3.9", TOXENV: "py39", SODIUM_MSVC_VERSION: "v142"}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel-builder.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel-builder.yml
index 654ab6b9..260271a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel-builder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel-builder.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         PYTHON:
           - VERSION: '3.10'
-            ABI_VERSION: 'cp36'
+            ABI_VERSION: 'cp37'
             DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.1/python-3.10.1-macos11.pkg'
             BIN_PATH: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin/python3'
     name: "Python ${{ matrix.PYTHON.VERSION }} for ABI ${{ matrix.PYTHON.ABI_VERSION }} on macOS"
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           - {ARCH: 'x86', SODIUM_ARCH: 'Win32', VS_ARCH: 'x86'}
           - {ARCH: 'x64', SODIUM_ARCH: 'x64', VS_ARCH: 'amd64'}
         PYTHON:
-          - {VERSION: "3.9", SODIUM_MSVC_VERSION: "v142", "ABI_VERSION": "cp36"}
+          - {VERSION: "3.9", SODIUM_MSVC_VERSION: "v142", "ABI_VERSION": "cp37"}
     name: "${{ matrix.PYTHON.VERSION }} ${{ matrix.WINDOWS.ARCH }} ${{ matrix.PYTHON.ABI_VERSION }}"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index aca3b917..81ae389c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PyNaCl: Python binding to the libsodium library
 
 PyNaCl is a Python binding to `libsodium`_, which is a fork of the
 `Networking and Cryptography library`_. These libraries have a stated goal of
-improving usability, security and speed. It supports Python 3.6+ as well as
+improving usability, security and speed. It supports Python 3.7+ as well as
 PyPy 3.
 
 .. _libsodium: https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c00c319d..e152bd84 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.6"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
 dependencies = [
     "cffi>=1.4.1; platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'"
 ]